OF MY TIME: SELECTED MEMORIES

About the Book

"...a collection of narration and poetry that is such a warming nostalgic trip back through Jim Parker's interesting life that it makes one wish to write something similar, to recapture the beauty we are afforded in our existence. It's a captivating package, written by a talented writer."

─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.

About the Author

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.