Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek

Would You Believe It, If I Told You?

Would you believe that…a lawmaker in Indiana wants to prosecute doctors who perform abortions?

  Would you believe that abortion was legal in the US for over 40 years?

    Would you believe that Footloose Forester met a doctor who performed 2 abortions?

      Would you believe that the doctor was a convict serving his prison sentence for performing 2 abortions?

        Would you believe that the doctor was an inmate at San Quentin, on work release to fight forest fires?   

          Would you believe that the doctor talked openly about his court case?

            Would you believe that we stood together in the sunshine on a California fire line?

              Would you believe that the doctor looked and acted like a gentleman, not a thug?

                Would you believe that a PBY firefighting plane suddenly flew overhead?

                  Would you believe that the doctor said that he once flew one of those PBYs?

                    Would you believe that he was once a Navy pilot in WW II?

                        Would you believe that Footloose Forester had the doctor’s picture in his shirt pocket?

                          Would you believe that Footloose Forester had pictures of all 10 convicts in his charge?

                            Would you believe that chronicles emerge from snippets of memory?

 PBY Catalina Flying Boat Used in Fire Fighting