ONE LAST VACATION WITH RON – MAJORCA 1999
Summer 1999 found us firmly ensconced in Scotland. I was busy at work, Ange busy with her circle of friends, Deysi busy shepherding us and Ron was enrolled at the University of Edinburgh. Life was good. One day Deysi decides…
JIMBORED DOES B&B ON SKYE IN SCOTLAND 2000
My next story, from our time in Scotland, was stirred up from the recesses, by recollections of our niece’s visit. As I have stated earlier, my niece Michy and her beau Jonny had come in search of their roots. It…
SCOTLAND AND THE MANY FACES OF JIMBORED
In this post, I am going to reflect on how some people perceived me, during our time in Scotland. Some of their observations were sobering to me, from the viewpoint of my own self image. I titled this one, the…
A QUEST FOR THE HEALD TARTAN – SCOTLAND 1998
I will now leave, the memories of our brief sojourn in Canada behind, and move on to our time in Scotland. We had been lucky enough to return to Canada in the mid ’90’s, to provide our girls some grounding…
FAMOUS LAST WORDS – DISNEYLAND PARIS SUMMER 2001
I have just had a request from a faithful reader named Ange, for more tales and memories of our multiple visits to Disneyland over the years. This was and still is her “happy place”. If she could, she would gladly…
A MEMORY OF IRON MIKE TYSON IS REVIVED THIS WEEKEND
A memory from Scotland, in the year 2000, was jarred loose this past weekend. When I realized that a boxing match was being held by two elderly fighters. Their names, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Both of whom have…
