Struggling to Remain Authentic

Struggling to Remain Authentic
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Struggling to Remain Authentic   Writers who value being themselves but live in the same apartment house with the modern Internet loaded with embeds, click-bait gambits, invitations to share, and most overwhelming, Artificial Intelligence, are...
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Volcan Poás

Volcan Poás
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Why Risk Going Down Into Poás?    Today: 5 Feb 2026   FF asks AI Matey what he thinks about a daring lone wolf descent into a volcano in Costa Rica.     [FF]...
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Virtual Paraglider Flight From Fogo

Virtual Paraglider Flight From Fogo
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Virtual Paraglider Flight from Fogo   AI Matey is ready to suit up for the next flight into fantasy, so it comes as no surprise that the next knock on the door of Copilot came...
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Fli Li on the Menu

Fli Li on the Menu
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Fli Li on the Menu     Backpackers at the youth hostel in Calcutta were eager to share information about places to stay and what to eat in Bangkok. They were headed west and the...
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243 ways to know

243 ways to know
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   243 ways to know   Il n'est jamais trop tard pour apprendre             Nunca es demasiado tarde para aprender                         Es ist nie zu spät zu lernen                                     Li pa janm twò ta pou aprann...
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Where Was Warland, Montana?

Where Was Warland, Montana?
On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Where Was Warland, Montana?   Only with the evolution of geospatial markers and the gradual adoption of digital geographic coordinates was it possible for the Footloose Forester to finally stamp “mission completed” on the precise...
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Bio of Dick Pellek, as Drafted by Copilot in Think Deeper Mode

Bio of Dick Pellek, as Drafted by Copilot in Think Deeper Mode
   On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Copilot in Think-Deeper Mode Says  ...   The link above (in a coded blue font) should give you an 11-page biography of Dick Pellek, as requested by the author himself.  He was not...
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Street Smarts vs. Books Smart

Street Smarts vs. Books Smart
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Street Smarts vs. Books Smart (Debate with Self)   As the first person in his family to attend college, the Footloose Forester had to seek counsel from teachers and upperclassmen at Rutgers for advice...
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Fake News and Fake History

Fake News and Fake History
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Fake News and Fake History   Today, AI inadvertently becomes complicit in political controversy.  When the Footloose Forester wanted to check on the timeliness of Copilot (an AI program) responses, in his 25 August 2025...
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Political Etymology

Political Etymology
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Political Etymology   Maybe you don’t follow politics closely, as perhaps most people would acknowledge.  But politics follows you.  Sometimes you can spot the tail, and sometimes you are not quite sure.  The political stalkers...
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On Making Candles at Home

On Making Candles at Home
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   On Making Candles at Home   Said the walrus to the carpenter, “let us speak of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.”  Those lines, spoken by the walrus...
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The Javan Macaques of Pulau Peucang

The Javan Macaques of Pulau Peucang
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   The Javan macaques of Pulau Peucang   Peter Vogel routinely sat in the waning sunlight with his field glasses and notebook to record what he thought was noteworthy about the monitor lizards that came into...
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Mental Notes, Map Notes, and Aspirational Notes

Mental Notes, Map Notes, and Aspirational Notes
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Mental Notes, Map Notes, and Aspirational Notes   Somewhere in the back of his mind, the Footloose Forester usually had a plan, or planned to make a plan.  The next destination might be the travel...
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High Rollers Club Crop Hoodie: The Streetwear You Need in 2025

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Top 9 ways to Manage Your United Airlines manage booking

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Ways To Reach How Can I Talk To Someone at Spirit Airlines®®: A Complete Guide

Reaching a live representative at Spirit Airlines can make all the difference. You can call 📞 +1-855-(550)-0744 or 1-800-Spirit Airlines® (US/OTA) to speak directly with an agent—available 24/7. Whether it’s booking issues, cancellations, refunds, or technical problems, this guide walks you through every contact method available so your concerns are handled...
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AI Writes a Blended "Chronicles of the Footloose Forester"

AI Writes a Blended "Chronicles of the Footloose Forester"
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   AI Thinks Some Snark Are Gems Thursday, May 29, 2025 6:28 AM   Some months ago, the Footloose Forester opened an archive about Artificial Intelligence, pursuant to learning how to use AI, but also about...
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Snark as a Gambit to Critique AI

Snark as a Gambit to Critique AI
On the road…again!!!   Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams   Chronicles of a Footloose Forester    By Dick Pellek     Snark as a Gambit to Critique AI       One category in the Chronicles of the Footloose Forester has recently become an archive about Artificial Intelligence.  AI already “knows” about...
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Flipping the Bird

Flipping the Bird
On the road, again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    Flipping the Bird  It took an Internet newsfeed story to spark this attempt at a chronicle based on a similar gesture, both acted out some decades ago.  The Internet story in early 2025 was...
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