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AI Matey Riffs on Giant Clams

AI Matey Riffs on Giant Clams
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek          AI Matey Riffs on Giant Clams   When the Footloose Forester donned his snorkel and mask and waded into the calm waters of the lagoon between Pulau Peucang and the mainland of Ujung Kulon back in...
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Map Reading and Geographic Coordinates

Map Reading and Geographic Coordinates
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    Map Reading and Geographic Coordinates    One training exercise that would benefit field-oriented scientists, is all about map reading skills.  The Footloose Forester had a particular landscape/terrain scenario in mind.  It was also one of his...
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On Staying Positive

On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   On Staying Positive   We only go around once in life, so staying happy, contented, and positive is largely a personal assignment we take on, each and every day.  They say that choosing happiness is...
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AI Matey and Footloose Forester Drone Into Fantasy

AI Matey and Footloose Forester Drone Into Fantasy
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     AI Matey and Footloose Forester Drone Into Fantasy   The Chronicles of a Footloose Forester  are getting a new category of story descriptors. Fantasy is the operative category, and it will feature the very...
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Decimal Geographic Coordinates, a Chronicle Update

Decimal Geographic Coordinates, a Chronicle Update
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Decimal Geographic Coordinates, a Chronicle Update   As GPS coordinates become more important in locating lost hikers and downed airplane pilots, the Footloose Forester wanted his readers to know that decimal geographic coordinates are more...
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3 Rattlesnakes, 1 Eyelash Viper, and a King Cobra

3 Rattlesnakes, 1 Eyelash Viper, and a King Cobra
  On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     3 Rattlesnakes, 1 Eyelash Viper, and a King Cobra   At times it takes the threads of eidetic fragments of memory to stitch together a chronicle that is worth putting on paper. The...
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The Javan Macaques of Pulau Peucang

The Javan Macaques of Pulau Peucang
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   The Javan macaques of Pulau Peucang   Peter Vogel routinely sat in the waning sunlight with his field glasses and notebook to record what he thought was noteworthy about the monitor lizards that came into...
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Billfish Tournament

Billfish Tournament
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Billfish Tournament   There he was in my dream, Tom Hanks.  He was representing Princeton in the Annual Ivy League Billfish Tournament.  That is to say, he was Princeton’s fisherman who was responsible for selecting the bait,...
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Unbelievable Tales

Unbelievable Tales
  On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Unbelievable Tales   Isaac Azimov wrote more than 500 books.  In his fruitful career, he also managed to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry.  So, when a colleague at the car rental company said that...
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Just Walkin' Along

Just Walkin' Along
  Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Walkin’ Along My Merry Way Some people may think that walking from the airport to town is unusual, but walking was a job requirement of the Footloose Forester . Once you left the road to enter into the...
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Rowboat to Troopship

Rowboat to Troopship
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Rowboat to Troopship   A landlubber like the Footloose Forester always felt at home with the sound of granite sand under his boots, the firm landings of his bare feet in beach sand, and the...
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On Being An Observer

On Being An Observer
  On the road…again!  Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams  Chronicles of a Footloose Forester  By Dick Pellek      On Being An Observer   Every once in a while, the Footloose Forester (and everybody else) shows disappointment that something important that should have been recognized was not, something that should have been...
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Yesterday the Subject was Tigers

Yesterday the Subject was Tigers
On the road...again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Yesterday the Subject was Tigers   We three neighbors sat down yesterday in social distancing, of course, when the subject of tigers came up.  It is a favorite topic of the Footloose Forester who...
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If You Ever Go Across the Sea to Java

If You Ever Go Across the Sea to Java
On the road...again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   If You Ever Go Across the Sea to Java   “If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,” the plaintive words of an old but enchanting melody begin. The haunting Irish melody forms your...
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Rain Shadows and Rainforests

Rain Shadows and Rainforests
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek    Rain Shadows and Rainforests   On the one hand, you have those who believe in global warming; and on the other side of the divide are those who are currently labeled as climate...
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Planting Trees By The Numbers

Planting Trees By The Numbers
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Planting by the Numbers   Most adults have planted a tree or two and gained satisfaction from having done so.  Perhaps they also mused about how tall it would become and if the fruit would ripen for them...
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The Concept of Rainforests

The Concept of Rainforests
On the road…again!!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     The Concept of Rainforests   When a respondent to the Quora.com website explained why rainforests are so hot and so wet, the Footloose Forester was jolted into composing a rejoinder.  The contributor, an airline pilot...
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Serendipity in the Library

Serendipity in the Library
On the road...again!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Serendipity in the Library   Another dream last night…and another attempt at an essay today.  Most dreams are not long enough or sensible enough to savor and save as muted inspiration, but over the past few...
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Adventures in Banking

Adventures in Banking
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Adventures In Banking   Among the many small decisions one makes when mapping out their life, some of them are truly inconsequential but others develop into long-lasting, practical choices.  A person may wish to drive a...
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If I Had My Druthers

If I Had My Druthers
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   If He Could Do It Over Again   The trappings of the modern world are so much a part of our daily lives that we seldom contemplate what it must be like in places where there...
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