<p><em><strong>JIM BONDY</strong></em></p>
<p>Born in 1949, Windsor Ontario Canada, this author was raised in the west end by hardworking, loving parents.  His extraordinary party life drastically changed for the better, when he married Pamela at age 24.  From that point on they raised two wonderful children.  Jim has always had this incessant desire to walk, and fulfilled it through his backpacking adventures, accompanied by his young adult children.  Jim worked hard in construction, then went on to the factories, finally acting as the health and safety environmental coordinator, for a tier-one multinational automotive supply company until retirement at age 68.  Throughout these many years, his love of writing prevailed.  You are about to read one of his stories.</p>
