Maybe I Didn't Make Myself Clear

Maybe I Didn't Make Myself Clear
  A to Z Word Potpourri Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Maybe I Didn’t Make Myself Clear   As the months and years fly by, some of us think back to those times when we were in heated discussion about things that are important.  Sometimes the topics...
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Predicitons for the future...

I predict that I will write 6 more predictions. I predict that the end of the world is not on my birthday this year December 21st, 2012. I predict that I will have to get the oil changed in my car every 3,000 mile or so. I predict that I will...
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New Year's Resolutions

I love the holiday season. Family gatherings, food, friends, more food--I even love shopping and gifting. But as much as I enjoy the holidays my favorite month of the year is January. There's just something about opening a fresh, new calendar with all those days ahead that fills me with optimism...
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Encourage me to write about my grandfather!!!!

I am going to write a biography of my grandfather.  But first I must learn how to write such a story.  So I look to my favorite author, David McCullough, for guidance.  Why not learn from the best.  He has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams.  ...
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2012 Goal Setting

As 2011 comes to a close and a new year begins, it is an opportunity to reflect on past experiences, unachieved goals, and wishes to improve.  Often, people take this time to set New Year's Resolutions.  Too often, these resolutions are short-lived and by mid-March they are all but forgotten.  As...
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My Dream Job--Teaching Seminary

My Dream Job--Teaching Seminary
Describe a dream job you would like to have pursued but didn't and why -- As I think of my past experiences, I have spent a career in education teaching science in the middle school setting.  But I also had a "minor" in religious education at Utah State University through the...
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