Of My Time: Selected Memories: Through a Collection of Prose, Poetry, Photos, Art, and a Musical Composition
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Robert Skimin, robertskimin.com, Author of many bestsellers.
"Jimmie Parker's collections of reflections are bilingual reflections of a well-lived life. Only a life well lived would yield this collection of observations that are eternal in their reach and poetic in their touch."
Arnold Garcia Jr., Editorial Page Editor, Austin American-Statesman.
This book is a memoir presented through a collection of prose, poetry, photographs, drawings, and a musical composition.
The first eight pieces are reflective of my feelings, insights, and concerns about certain aspects of the human condition: poverty, man's inhumanity to man, end of life issues, a search for meaning, and finding one's spiritual path.
From the love of a beautiful mother for her children, to the ins and outs of adult love, the next nine pieces, About Love, evoke universal experiences with love.
The eight pieces in Peace/War demonstrate a strong preference for peace over war. Facing death requires great courage, as does facing life.
The poem play in section four dramatizes the need for drastic change in the United States of America. My preamble touches on one's need to handle scarcity and to deal with conflict, both internally and externally; and, the need to find meaning and spirituality in one's life.
Jimmie Choate Parker
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jimmie Choate Parker was born March 18, 1933 in Alpine, Texas. He attended grade school there. He was the 7th grade in the old Perry School in Terlingua, Texas. After finishing the 8th grade in Alpine, he moved with his family to Austin, Texas. He graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School in 1950. He attended The University of Texas as well as the National Autonomous University Of Mexico, Mexico City. At the University of Texas he obtained a BA degree in Liberal Arts with a major in Latin American Studies ('57) and a Master of Science in Social Work, Community Organizing and Planning ('73). Before leaving the Army in 1969, he flew extensively in Colombia, Panama, Korea and Vietnam. During a period of La Violencia in Colombia, the Colombian Air Force awarded him the title of Piloto Honorario. In Vietnam, logging more than 300 helicopter combat flying hours, he earned a Bronze Star and a promotion to Major, United States Army. After finishing his M.S.S.W., he worked for over 25 years in health and human service programs developing and delivering services to low income and indigent populations. His prescient adventure novel, The Guevara Legacy, was published in August, 2001.
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Of My Time - Jimmie Choate Parker
Contents
Foreward
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Section I Reflections
AT CHRISTMAS, REALITY IS A DREAM
TREE REFLECTIONS
HOLLYWOOD
LOOKING AT THE FAMILY ALBUM TIME
HOME
THE SWING
STARS
INFINITY’S LURE
Section II About Love
OLD MAMA
LOVE REINCARNATED I.
LOVE REINCARNATED II.
LOVE REINCARNATED III.
LOVE REINCARNATED IV.
LOVE REINCARNATED V.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOVE ME
MEMORIES
IN THAT TIME
ROSES
DROWNING
A SPRING BUTTERFLY
YO SOY/SERÉ
Section III Peace/War
SOLDIER’S LOVE
RIVER PATROL
MED EVAC
A PSALM FOR LARRY AND THE UNKNOWN I
VETERANS
NEW YORK CITY, BAGHDAD, OKLAHOMA CITY, NAGASAKI
HORRORS LONG BURIED
VENTANA EN VENTANA EN VENTANA
Section IV A Play And A Speech
TOWARD A NEW NATIONAL DIRECTION
PREAMBLE TO MY ETHICAL WILL
A Musical Composition
For Piano
About The Author
ALSO BY J. CHOATE PARKER
THE GUEVARA LEGACY
A Novel
Foreward
This book does not contain all of the memories of my 75 years of life. It contains only selected memories
, and thus the title. I did not include memories of some stages of my life as being, simply, too humdrum. And, there are some memories I did not include because I do not want to give them further life.
In my role as editor of this collection, I have used a few drawings, illustrations, and a music score provided by my children and grandchildren to heighten meaning, feeling, and impact. I have listed their specific contributions under Acknowledgements. I used a few of my photographs also for the same reasons.
So, while this book is a collection of images, sounds, and words, I take full responsibility as both the editor and the author for its success.
Dedication
This work is dedicated to my wife, Carol. She is the love of my life.
Acknowledgements
Judith A. Parker, my daughter, contributed the drawing accompanying the piece, Horrors Long Buried. Her drawing measures 30 inches wide by 12 feet high. It was one of her senior