Akimbo 2 - A Sowbug's Life (cont'd) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781682352618)

This second book in the Akimbo series recounts the remarkable life of Kim Parrish, a retired Canadian teacher looking back on his life through snippets of poetry and salutes to his travels, taking him to the far corners of the world.

A hockey and football player in his youth, the author once had a pet crocodile. Having survived a stroke and a heart attack, this inspiring journey is a salute to his enduring efforts to beat the odds and live life on his own terms.

After finding love and marriage in China, the author now splits his time between China and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Thought of you, again, last night

And nothing but you, today;

I could feel you there in my heart ... so warm

And me, a thousand miles away.

Thought of you again, last night,

And how I looked when I heard your words

from a thousand miles away.

Akimbo 2: A Sowbug's Life (cont'd) provides an eclectic assortment of pleasurable reading.

Author Bio: Born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Kim Parrish majored in English literature and language, and taught high school and college English for 31 years. This is the sequel to his first book, Akimbo: A Sow Bug's Life (Autobiography ... or Part of One) ...