This is a St. Valentine’s Day Tale. In 1982 I was the supervisor of a large geotechnical engineering service project for the Ok Tedi mine. My crew was about 70 people – all males. But being boss, I had le droit de seigneur; the right to take female company. So I took unto me a…
Category: Praise-Tribute
tributes to people who deserve my love and praise, without whom I would nto be who I am…
Praise – Carl Grau
When I married Julie in 1991 I married her family, too: sister Ann, nieces Kim and Laura, father Carl, our Dad. Carl and I admired each other; we had a lot in common. I related to his adventures, his wanderlust and his engineering career. And from Carl Grau, engineer, hero, friend, and Dad, I heard…
Elder Praise
I was raised in a family where the Lord, Jesus, God, Heavenly Father and all the rest of the deities were much praised; but where we children rarely received recognition. Enthusiastic Child Appreciation was not the fashion those days as it is now – perhaps that was due to British “reserve”; but likely not. Still,…