We went on to Chamonix and then to Lyon where we drove to Paris. It took us seven days and it is only 165 miles. We had to stop in every village we came through. It was magical. The first stop was Macon Village. We found a wonderful restaurant for lunch and we were pleasantly … Read more
It was an amazing day when I arrived. They had bunkhouses all over the property, very large fire pits for roasting marshmallows and logs surrounding the fire pit so we could sing around the fire while roasting marshmallows. The days went by in a blur. We ran, sang, played and had the most wonderful time. … Read more
I was 15, the typical age for a teenage girl to start feeling the pain of growing into a young woman with many questions about the world changing as she has known it. It is also the time when mother/daughter relationships will experience strain, if they haven’t already. My mother/daughter relationship left a lot to … Read more
The pieces finally fell into place. When we moved from Martinez to Lafayette the year before, I found a CIA application in one of Fred’s books. It was all filled out. When I asked him about it he just laughed it off and told me he had had it for a long time. He never … Read more
About a year later my girlfriend Peggy and I came home from a ski trip at Kirkwood because we got snowed out and decided to come back and go dancing at a popular single’s club. We were there only a few minutes when a very nice looking man asked me to dance. After we danced … Read more
I did everything I could do to work with the CPA remotely. But then he insisted I come into the office to sign the returns and as I had suspected, Fred was there waiting for me. Fred and I had never had a fight in the five years we were together. Although I had pushed … Read more
One year later I took Fred to the airport, he was returning to Evergreen, Oregon to the resource of the helicopters he had brought to Africa. I dropped him off at Oakland and on the way home I developed a plan. I called a girlfriend Fred didn’t know and asked if I could stay with … Read more
Rawlings and his PNDC escorted Fred to the airport directly from the party. He wasn’t allowed to return to the compound to retrieve his belongings, he wasn’t allowed to inform his staff they no longer had an employer and there was to be no $600,000 commission check. He was put on the first flight out … Read more
It took me several months to learn how to combat the Malaria. I heard from several people that tonic water had quinine in it so that became my drink of choice. The symptoms slowly diminished and after several years, non of the symptoms exist. By the time Fred got back he had taken a couple … Read more
“Malaria.” the doctor smugly pronounced as he flipped through the chart of the many test results. “Malaria? How is that possible? I got the shot!” I did indeed do everything I was told I had to do to make the trip to Africa safely. “How much do you weigh?” the doctor queried without looking even … Read more