On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Growing Bamboo Almost every time that he passed the dwarf bamboo thicket planted alongside his house in Pennsylvania, the Footloose Forester was reminded that bamboo was part of his family life. At one time or another,...
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I flew to San Antonio, Texas in late January 2012. This is an interesting City for many reasons. Culture, history, and many interest sites that are unique to this town. I was very interested in the Alamo. Davy Crocket was killed defending the Fort at the Alamo. No defenders servived the attack by the...
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Streetcar: I can remember that as a young girl, we had the streetcars that went along in front of our house on Seventh East in Salt Lake City, Utah. There was one streetcar driver whose name was Bill. He was a friend of my father, and Daddy made arrangements for him...
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I was one of those people that married into a ready made family. My wife had a 2 year son when we met and I fell in love with both. It was several years later that we expanded the family. Thirty years ago tomorrow afternoon, a beautiful gift from God arrived...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Katzenjammer Twins Lived in Venezuela Twenty-six years would pass before the Footloose Forester learned about what developed in the Rio Caparo and Rio Camburito watersheds of Venezuela, where he was part of an environmental assessment...
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Mis is my grandaughter. Since she was little, she had always been athletic, so when she was five years old, her parents thought of having her play soccer. The parents do the coaching for the kids. Dring her first game, she scored the only two points for the game - one...
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The premier lesson I've learned from my faith is God really does know what is best for us and doesn't give us anything we can't handle. Of course it never feels that way when we are going through difficult experiences. But with time, God's compassion becomes apparent. We just need to keep our...
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Am I the only one who's ever inhabited animal bodies?
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The date was January 26, 1997. We gathered at the hospital ICU, my family and I. It was Superbowl Sunday, but that couldn't be farther from my mind. My Momma had been in the hospital for a few weeks. We were at the end. Her breast cancer had spread to her...
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I have tested and tried what I was taught and I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is TRUE! We are all children of a Father In Heaven who is a person full of love and compassion beyond our comprehension. He wants us all to learn of...
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My father was a stern disclipiniarian. Yet he was a loving, caring man who took exceptional care of his family. In contrast to what is happening today in reference to the question Whose fault is it? there was never any doubt in our family. It was usually our own. He...
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There is a message that we all need. It can shape our lives. It can affect everything we do and all of our interactions with people. It can prevent depression, lonliness, sadness and heartache. I t can combat evil and provide strength to everyone who accepts it. THE MESSAGE...
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My mother brought me up going to church any time the doors were open. So we were at church at least three times weekly. My father never participated until way later in life, after all the children had left home. My mother had a faith she never questioned. She read and...
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On the road….again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek São Jorge dos Orgãos, Cape Verde People, places, and events are sloshing around in his memory in such an unconsolidated way that it would be fair to describe the state of affairs as a mental soup, with...
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Postcard dated November 24, 1911, during time Joe Land was Sheriff of Smith County, Texas. The top back of the postcard is incorrectly labeled Gaston & Joe Land. I believe the second person is "Wig" Smith, his deputy. Were they at the Sheriff's Association meeting in Houston? Still trying to locate...
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Although I have some "whale of a story" stories, I'm tempted to limit my comments on this subject - most of my miracle stories are intensely personal. I can't help but comment on the topic, however, as I have strong views on the subject. Many years ago I came across a...
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This week's story prompt: Do you believe in miracles and if so, have you ever witnessed one? Describe-- brought to mind two different situations that I consider to be miracles. Miracle # 1: When I was a little girl we were living on Seventh East in Salt Lake City, Utah, and...
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Cameron Scott Adams was born 28 Feb 2005 to our oldest son, Aaron, and his wife Lori in Orem, Utah at Timpanogos Regional Medical Center, just a couple of blocks away from where Aaron and Lori were living in their newly renovated duplex. Cameron was their firstborn, and he was a...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Zaire The Footloose Forester had many a stopover in transit countries that hardly count as experiences that deserve to be included in memoirs. A few stopovers, however, are linked to other events that are burned into the...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Deadline On Guam Of the many lucky breaks that made life a lot simpler and saved a ton of money at the same time, going to Guam was one of them. It really was planning, and not...
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