It was summer time and the jeep club were gathered at the Green Door to sample a hamburger and recall experiences in army boot camp. That experience was now two years old, but we were still obliged to take drill exercises on weekends as part of reserve training. It was in the years when military service was still an obligation in the aftermath of World … Continue reading The Jeep Club
Struggling with a lonely life Anxious in this time of strife, Dealing with a life of pain Hoping for financial gain, Children causing parent’s grief Wishing for some time relief. You need a friend! Seeing someone struggle too Is there something you can do? Troubles in this world abound What solution can be found? Suffering on a larger scale You’ve survived to tell the tale. … Continue reading Negotiating the Year 2015
Sally glanced around her bedroom. Everything looked a little worse for wear. She could remember the furniture being delivered to her house long ago to squeals of delight while big brother Fred looked on with envy, but her furniture was now quite dated compared to the bedrooms of her friends at school. Her stuffed toys had mostly survived, though Percival Bear had lost an eye … Continue reading Christmas Gifts
A slightly different presentation to the usual snow scenes of the Northern Hemisphere. I’m experimenting with a PowerPoint presentation on WordPress. Looks like you will have to enter the link below and wait for the PowerPoint to show up, then select show slideshow from the beginning. I got the images from a Christmas card and have no idea who the copyright belongs to but declare … Continue reading Christmas In Australia
Very early morning as the sun peeps at my bed I take the blankets off and rub my eye, If I linger I could sleep some more but I’ll get up instead My sisters still asleep give gentle sigh. Time to visit Grampie so he’ll play a game with me, I like to wake him up so we can play, He pretends to be asleep … Continue reading Claire
I disembarked at the Soekarna-Hatta International Airport and began the long walk down glass walled corridors to Immigration and Customs booths. The clearing officers took a cursory look at my belongings, checked my passport and made sure I had plenty of money to spend during the time I’d be visiting. I was waved through to the luggage carousel making a careful study of the crowd … Continue reading Bandung
My friend now retired in the US has written his book of memories, and as some stories include the time we worked together in India I’ve requested permission to extract portions and attach to my blog site. Ian ____________________________________________________________________ No driving experiences in Canada or the United States prepared me for the roads of India. I was literally dropped into a world where nominally vehicular … Continue reading Miraj Road
We recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. A number of messages were read out at the celebration but this one from my eldest daughter would have to take the humor prize. This photo was taken in India in the late 1970’s, much of our children’s childhood recollections here are from that era. Ian _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Happy 50th Anniversary!! You made it this far despite having children! … Continue reading Our 50th
“I would suggest you take the flight from Manila to Davao on the southern tip of the island of Mindanao, South Philippines, and for your forward journey take an Indonesian airline across to Manado.” The travel agent stared at me as I looked at options for my journey. It made little sense for me to return to Singapore and make a round trip through Jakarta … Continue reading Flight to Manado
Ralphie stooped to tie a shoe adjust his helmet grey And paused to wish the Mali a good bye, Then started on his journey on this happy holiday Squinting at the weeping cloudy sky In the distance he could see a silhouette on yonder rocky hill For the Parsee Tower of Silence was his aim There the view of Pune City always gave him quite … Continue reading Mesmerized
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