ANOTHER READER ARTICLE AND ANOTHER HOME RUN
My opinion that we have a family of closet writers has once again been demonstrated. It seems we have another Article Post by one of my myriad of readers and another one parked out in right field. Where in hell…
THE DAY THAT D2 BEAT OLD IRON GUT AT AN EATING CONTEST
Alright time to take a stab at this…. I would hate for the Heald family archives to be filled before I have my say. So as most people already know I didn’t get to live with my dad, but as…
CANADIANS? WHY WERE WE AND HOW DID WE ARRIVE?
I am going to step away from New Zealand for a moment and Post an article about our family history. It has been a long time since I had an opinion piece, and I have now, decided on this one.…
OK THE FUN IS OVER, BACK HOME AND WHERE TO NEXT
Well we have now had our break between assignments, spent our money, seen everyone in Peru and now its time to go to work. We spend the next 3-4 months in Edmonton, and after waiting for the new assignment to…
EDMONTON AGAIN, DROP THE BAGS AND OFF TO PERU 1984
Upon our return to Canada after Japan we once again ended up in Edmonton. No reason for this other than Deysi’s little sister (Lalitas) was still there. We had left her there working while we were in Japan. On our…
WE ARE LEAVING JAPAN UNLESS I AM BEGGED TO STAY
The time has come for me to put my memories of Japan back to sleep and move on with our adventures. I enjoyed my wanderings thru the old days in Japan. We had so much fun! I might say I…
BULLSHIT VERSUS BULLETS AND FIRST ENCOUNTERS IN A NEW WORLD
It is now early 1983 and my quest for another overseas assignment was finally bearing fruit. We were now in deep negotiations with my former (Peru) employers and my current (USA) employers. The discussions centred around a Project, civil (mining,…
HOLD IT NOT SO FAST WHERE DYA THINK YOU ARE GOING
One last story that I just couldn’t pass up, before I go on to our travels to Japan. Again the setting is in Toronto on January 26, 1980. It was on the occasion of our arrival from Peru. There we…
A MEMORY OF FOOD TASTES BETWEEN CULTURES 1980
I am trying to finish off my thoughts and memories of Canada and the introduction of my new family to a new country. For Deysi, this came with a complete change from the way of life that she (they) had…
FAMILY IMAGES OF CANADA 1980 TO 1982
Today’s images are random snapshots of scenes or images of our time spent in Canada after our return and before departure to Japan. These images have been created from hardcopy photographs taken with variuos cameras of the time. They have…
