On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek T is for Tanzania Many people know that Mount Kilimanjaro is located in East Africa and that there is snow at its summit. At 19,341 feet above sea level, the top of Kilimanjaro is a sacred...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose F orester By Dick Pellek Originally published on 2 January 2012 A Story of War Joe Fodor is going on 90 now, but you would never...
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This week’s prompt is: Do you make New Year resolutions? If not why? If so, what are your 2012 resolutions? First off - Happy New Year!! And happy 2012! Most nights, I stay home - avoiding the drunks on the road. Last night, I went to dinner with my best friend,...
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Grandpa Folkers would sit hunched over in his rocking chair. He was quite a heavy man. He stood a head taller than grandma Folkers who was quite short. It was wintertime, and he was sitting in the chair. There was no heat in the bedroom, and the kitchen had the cookstove,...
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As usual, I’m about a month behind. The story prompt for November 11 had to do with holiday traditions, and here I am sitting down to write about this on December 20 th .... Maybe you can relate. There’s a door in the back of my mind behind which lurks an...
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As you look back, what are the three most incredible changes you have witnessed? Legacy Story Prompt December Week 3 OK ; I’m not as old as some of you but I’ve been around the block a time or two. I’ve worked on copying machines most of my life so I...
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Automatic washing machines as upposed to wringer washers. Clothes dryers instead of clotheslines, (although I loved the way the clothes smelled when I took them off the lines) , Pampers, which I never had the pleasure of using, Garbage disposals (now that's a big one), Medicine for anything that ails you, it...
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Forgiveness is such a powerful action. I call it an action, because it takes conscious effort to go through the process of forgiveness. It doesn't just happen by itself, and it is actually an attribute to which we should all aspire. The result of an unforgiving spirit is bitterness. And bitterness...
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I was indeed fortunate to know both my maternal grandparents and my paternal grandmother. My paternal grandfather, Stephen Harry "Dick" Mason, died many years before my birth, so I only know what I have been told and what information I located doing genealogical research in the Prairie County, Arkansas, Courthouse in...
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Really - only ONE ancestor?? Come on - you have to know me better than THAT!! Me who is working on a book about time travel and going back to watch my ancestors and maybe interact with them.... (still working on plot and story line). So I cannot limit it to...
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Forgive? I have much more to be forgiven for than to forgive. The years between 1950 and 1979 are filled with things I did to hurt other people. It wasn’t deliberate or malicious but that doesn’t excuse the fact that I did hurt people, sometimes severely. I either didn’t know or...
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To FORGIVE.... that is tough... Different from forgetting... I have had to learn that to forgive someone of something doesn't mean you have to forget they did it. And that is a HUGE difference as well as a HUGE gap to cross... A tough lesson to learn and actually follow. I...
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The Spirit of Christmas is the Spirit of Christ. As my son, Golden, was reading a story from Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it triggered a memory in my mind that had been long forgotten. On Christmas...
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Oh Boy ; Oh Boy ; Oh Boy Week 2 of the December Legacy Story Prompt is a doozey : Describe an egregious act that is still too difficult to forgive or that you have since forgiven. As a Christian I know that I am supposed to forgive those that trespass...
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Topic "Wisdom and Opinions" Our world is changing faster than civilization is able to keep up. These changes are sometimes for good and others not so. Sharing each others' insights can open our eyes to things we may not be aware of. On the flip side we can have that same...
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Did you ever return from a job and say to yourself, I ought to write a book, but it's just too overwhelming, and who's got the time? Here's a free place to chronicle those unusual days and odd occurrences in snippets before you forget about them. I've already written a couple,...
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Prompt: If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why? Over the many years since I was a child, I have had many experiences that have been a result of some of the mistakes I made as a youth. Would I...
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The most important thing I have ever done, I did when I was still quite young myself. I was a married girl of 20 when I became a mother. I was separated from my husband at 21 and divorced at 22. I then became a single parent. Though I did the...
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This months' story prompt is: "If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why? I've heard people say "I wouldn't do ANYTHING different, because it made me who I am". NOTHING? Really? Sure we learn from our mistakes and foolish behaviors,...
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The November Story Prompt is a tuff one . If you could go back in your life and change something what would you change. I read my cousin Millard Don Carriker’s story and I pretty much agree with him. Where would I be now if I changed anything. If I would...
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