Turkey 1996
Starting in Istanbul, we flew to Cappadocia and then drove west through Konya and Pamukkale to Izmir and Bodrum.
Starting in Istanbul, we flew to Cappadocia and then drove west through Konya and Pamukkale to Izmir and Bodrum.
Judith and I took a diving vacation in Bonaire with Carolyn, who got her diving certification there.
By 1995 QPC had established itself in the auto insurance market and was growing again. About this time we moved to 349 California Street, San Francisco.
Judith and I took a driving trip around Guatemala in 1995. We toured Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Chichicastenango and Tikal.
Judith and I took a walking tour of the Dordogne. After a few days in Paris, the walk was Sarlat, Les Eyzies, Beynac, Domme, Gourdon, and then afterwards, Cahors, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and Rocamadour.
In 1994 Quality Planning signed the first of a series of contracts with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) to address their insurance fraud problems. For more than 10 years ICBC was the largest QPC customer. I generally traveled to Vancouver once a month for five days, although trips were often more frequent and … Read more
In 1994 Judith and I took a trip through Malaysian Borneo, coming and going through Hong Kong and Singapore. We flew into Kuching and took a small plane up to Belaga. From Belaga we hired a small boat to go upriver to the longhouses. We flew to Kota Kinabalu and drove through the area visiting … Read more
After I separated from Patty I spent two or three years in pain. I was uncertain who I was, what I wanted, where I was going. I went up to the redwoods for a solitary retreat and drew these pictures. “Loading the terror” came from my childhood (perhaps about age five). I had dark dreams … Read more
I met Judith through an ad in the Bay Guardian. We talked on the phone, then met for a drink, and then had our first date at Pearl’s jazz club.
I escaped the turmoil of work and divorce with a solo trip to the Philippines. I took buses north from Manila past Angeles City and into the mountains. I flew to Cebu and went to a local beach resort to become a certified diver.