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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Blue Rose of Kenya Young Lucy Pellek was given the privilege of naming our pets. She grew up chasing Dolie around our house in Cape Verde, so was comfortable with the idea of having a dog...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Tiger and The Bear Lots of couples have nicknames for one another, and Footloose Forester and his soul mate were among that group. Thu’s mother was known by some people as Tiger Dao, and...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester B y Dick Pellek Faithful Four-Footed Friends in Saigon Humans tend to crowd out unpleasant thoughts and retain the memories of the happy times in their lives. Living in a war zone in Viet Nam for almost three...
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Spend 36 years in “The Vineyards of Education” and unless you were somehow completely insensible to your surroundings you will have a truckload of incidents, some humorous, others poignant, and a few (although too many) tragic, lurking in your memory. I began my career in September of 1957 as a band...
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The question " What do I know about the faith of my grandparents?" is a powerful question. I have asked myself many times, "Can I live up to the legacy of the faith they exhibited?" "Can I pass to my future generations an example of the faith that they showed in...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek For the Birds Just when he thought he had seen everything at his bird feeders outside the rear bedroom window, the Footloose Forester yesterday got a treat that he would never have predicted. The previous...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Magic Mushrooms My father told me about wild mushrooms way back, but it was a Hungarian immigrant in New Jersey who convinced me that if you know what to look for, you need not...
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Sometimes unexpected joys come to us that are so far from being anticipated that they completely blindside us. I suspect God might specialize in using our children to bless us in this manner. During our son Daniel's growing up years I frequently put on my best (admittedly awful) British accent by...
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On the road....again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Montmartre, 1963 Joe Pellek Enjoyed Watching The Parisians From His Table At The Right Once again, thanks to the Internet and the power of sharing photos attached to e-mail messages; and those found on web...
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We attended services at the Methodist church sporadically and we socialized with the minister's family who happened to live on our block. We had friends from many walks and backgrounds but matters of faith were rarely discussed in my family of origin. It wasn't that my parents didn't have beliefs--they just weren't a topic...
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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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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Writing a Paper, or a Report, or a Book, or a Post-It-Note People who have writing chores as part of their job descriptions have to follow certain guidelines when it comes to attaining...
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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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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Looking for Suzie When we lived in Honolulu, Thu and the Footloose Forester chose to seek out a church where we would be comfortable. The very old, traditional, but decidedly frumpy cathedral in Waikiki had...
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My grandparents on my Father's side...George and Lillian Cormier. My Grandparents on my Mother's side...Wallace (Wally) and Helen Brackin. Oh, and that's my brother on the left and me on the right at our home in Conway N.H. Harvey Blake Rental. On my Mother's side of the family my...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Telling Stories With Pictures A book with pictures always adds something positive to the storyline. Short stories usually don’t have pictures but that does not mean that pictures or sketches don’t suit the short-story genre. With...
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On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Obelisk in Shadow Some people look at a rock outcrop and just see rocks. Others look and don’t see anything, and they say so. Yet others look and see the manifestations of natural history; they...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek H is for Hawaii When it was over, the Footloose Forester blurted out in a public forum that the past six years were the shortest years in his life. They were probably the happiest years, as...
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On the road…again! Afgha nistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Gorée Island, Senegal During a 2-month extension of the Environmental Impact Statement phase of the Senegal River Basin Project, wife Thu joined with Footloose Forester and packed her things for a new adventure. We were...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Living on the Terminal Moraine After a short one-page article about terminal moraine boulders in Netcong, New Jersey was published in the geology section of About.com in April 2011, it now becomes apparent that...
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