Tag Archives: Himalayas

Signs of the Times

Posted on August 10, 2020 by dperras56

My wife has been to Asia five times. I’ve been three times, reluctantly. I go because she’s the one who plans the trips. When I first met her she said she wanted to go to Nepal and I thought, this … Continue reading →

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Apple Pie

Posted on August 17, 2018 by dperras56

“Baseball and hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet,” rang the t.v. commercial back in the 1960s when I actually had to stand up and take a few steps to turn the channel. And even that would usually break into a … Continue reading →

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Being There

Posted on May 26, 2018 by dperras56

“Sometimes it’s heaven and sometimes it’s hell and sometimes I don’t even know.” -Willie Nelson A friend answered an e-mail that I had sent to her. “Good rant,” she wrote. “But so true !” Rant ? I wondered. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Up and At ‘Em

Posted on April 21, 2018 by dperras56

Lately, it’s occurred to me What a long, strange trip it’s been. ‘Truckin’- The Grateful Dead “Doesn’t Dad weigh about,like ninety pounds now?”, my son Adam asked my daughter Rachelle from the outback in Australia where he has been working … Continue reading →

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Upon Retirement

Posted on June 22, 2017 by dperras56

When I first met her I thought that she must be one of those mysterious Eastern European women we always used to see in those Cold War spy movies. She had these high cheekbones and maybe, just maybe, she was … Continue reading →

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