On the road…again!!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Googling Pyramid Peak Another day, another dream, and another chronicle about nagging problems. The long-festering issue about which screen capture photos from the Internet are free of copyright restrictions welled up again in last night’s...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Few Snippets, The Stuff From Whence Legacy Stories Are Born Ø That time in Germany when Lt. Nick Tompras fired off 250 rounds with a single pull of the trigger. It was an M-60 machine...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Let’s Go Bend The Fig Tree The Bengal Tiger first coined the words to the love sonnet “let’s go shake the mango tree” when we lived in Hawaii in the 1970s. She sang that sweet...
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On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Communicating on Social Media When I review the number of friends or subscribers that traffic counters on social media sites tell me that I have, it is a bit dismaying to think that...
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On the road…again! Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A to Z Word Potpourri The Chronicles of a Footloose Forester were compiled over a number of years, one story at a time. Events, observations, encounters, and episodes were the ingredients in the mix that got filed into...
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17 August 2010 Working in the family history center today, I received an answer to my prayer of this morning that the Lord would guide me as I worked on the family of Berend Folkers and Geertje Kramer. I had almost completed the copying of records that had been taken from...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Legacy Of The Land If you are not making many mistakes, you are not being very creative. Now, that is a stinging indictment…to the reader, whomever that is, and from the writer…whomever that was. ...
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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Rhine Freezes Over There are times when you and those around you are not truly appreciative of the things and events in your midst. As a soldier in Germany during the early...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek How Do We Know If We Are Making An Impression? All too often in our daily lives, we are just guessing about how we are perceived by others. The impressions we make in some face-to-face...
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Add a story, photo or Pict-Oral Memory tm about hope in adversity Adversity: Recovering Heroes They say that angels come in many forms, and we sense their nearness when, in crisis, help arrives. But sometimes, in the aftermath of what they do best, our heroes need healing, too. On September 11,...
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View This Video to Get Started Pict-Oral Memories Samples Click the links below to hear faith story samples Marge Galloway Brian Johnson How to Use the App Change Privacy Settings Move Pict-Orals to Another Album Pict-Oral Memoir on Archival DVD Take Great Pictures With the App
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Taking The ALS Challenge The occasion was the birthday party for 76-year-old Footloose Forester who was visiting the Pittsburgh area with his wife. Their main purpose for traveling north from Virginia was to clean up...
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There’s a dead bird in my freezer: a woodpecker, to be exact, Downy, female, just a slight young thing that thought my sliding glass door was something to fly through. She must have hit the glass full tilt. By the time I noticed her on my back steps she was on...
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By Golden V. Adams Jr. Just over a year ago, I was assigned as a home teacher to Van and Eva. Although Van was a member of my High Priest Group, I did not know him well and so the first couple of times that I visited their home, I noticed...
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I believe--I know--we are all God's children; that he loves us deeply and wants us to come back to live with Him. I believe--I know--that Christ, His Son, made this possible for us to accomplish. "All" that is required of us is to hone our lives in such a way that...
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I graduated from EHS with the class of 1977. I just wanted to say that my memories of "Mrs. Fouse" only bring a smile to my face. Her gentle motivation and beautiful smile are still remembered by me. Because of her encouragement, I agreed to volunteer to help teach English to...
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We All Have Core Beliefs; These Are Some Of Mine 1. Despite the darkness of the night, I believe that the sun will shine again. Despite the depths of our despair and sorrow, that sun will warm our hearts and spirits. There is nothing I can do to suppress...
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We all know the phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child," but have you ever applied it to your own experience? Who are the influential people in your life, past or present, who have shaped and influenced you? Here's my top 10: 1. & 2. My parents. Of course....
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March 19, 2013 Dear Grandpop, Today you would have been 95, if we still had you on this earth. But as it turns out, you were only with us 90 and 3/4 years. I miss you. Life goes on and time continues, but when I fully allow myself to dive into...
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NOBODY LIKES A CRITIC By Dick Pellek FOREWORD The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. Something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir...
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