Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Single Tree Selection Becomes High-Grading With all the talk about deforestation and the evils of cutting down trees, people everywhere should remember that humans have been cutting down trees ever since they invented the tools to...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Holiday at Cam Ranh Bay It wasn’t often that the Footloose Forester chose to pick up his suitcase and walk from the air terminal to his destination, especially when he was in Viet Nam during the height...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Cheetah at the Waterhole As time passes, so also do some of the details of even favorite adventures. The great fun trip to the Laikipia Plateau of Kenya in 1991 was one of them, and last...
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Very few people of my age express themselves about such things and I will not purport to speak for them, but only for myself. Old age from day to day, sometimes hour by hour, is a kaleidoscope of feelings. These sentiments may be common to us, or they may be uniquely...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Fear An innocent Internet meme about fear was the first disturbance that summoned the specter of fear to return, to creep closer. The second incident was a horrific movie about World War II, the very same day...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Closer Look at a Picture Worth a Thousand Words Flamengos Tree Nursery, Cape Verde Some people are proud of their humble beginnings. Others are impatient to move on and forget about the past. It was many...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Rainforests or Not? Discussing rainforests is not the same as explaining rainforests and reporting from a rainforest is not the same as reporting about rainforests. Likewise, discussing rainforests does not and should not imply that the reporter or...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Day in the Cholistan Desert We met in a sparsely furnished office building whose windows rattled when the wind blew. Two young and eager Pakistani soil scientists had been assigned to escort us to one of...
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My Grandpa Nick was born on March 6, 1955, to Clemma Alice Adams (Nee Carroll) and William Thomas Adams in the town of Beaver Creek, Ohio. He had 8 siblings, Donald, Jerry, Brenda, Jean, Tom, Tim, Carol Ann, And Rick. He attended Wright State University, he graduated with a degree in...
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On the road…again!!! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Durian Express On the road again…!!! is an appropriate place to be when the mission is all about the Durian Express. You see, the durian fruit grown in SE Asia and marketed in some...
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Grandpa Sam was quiet but when he spoke he always had something wise to say. And he could be really funny too! He had twelve children my mom being the oldest, so he had some skills in the leadership department. He had a quiet strength and confidence that I liked....
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On the road…again!!! in 2018 On the road again …is not just a line from the Willie Nelson tune of the same name. On the masthead of the older Chronicles of a Footloose Forester , the catchy expression...
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The sur-name Steiger is a local sur-name; to be more pricise, it is a topographic name, derived from a physical location feature of the local geography. The specific derivation of the name Steiger is from the word "steig" which means "narrow, steep path." This makes sense considering that the family name...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Paying for School Essays is Cheating There are plenty of self-help books out there. Some are long and fairly comprehensive. Others are short and to the point. Tips on building, painting, wiring, or baking come in many...
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Having a summer holiday can be a boon or a bane for the students; it is a boon because you neither have to study for long and extended hours nor you have to stay up all night to complete the pending academic paper. However, it can be a bane because you...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Words Matter, No Matter What Maybe some words attain the distinction of earning copyright protection, maybe some words are so vulgar that they are not accepted in polite conversation, and maybe some often-repeated words are so vapid that...
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I just love hiking the peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains, they are much more rugged than the Santa Monica Mountains, and this hike did not disappoint. It was an amazing day and an amazing hike. We mapped out a loop that would take us up to Mt Islip by way...
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I don’t remember exactly how a group of undocumented immigrants got into our apartment, or how quickly immigration agents showed up at our door. I only remember my feelings of rage, fear and helplessness. At the time my siblings and I lived in a 3-bedroom apartment with our...
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Background: In the year 2000, my mother gifted me a priceless and unforgettable experience. Through her generosity I was able to spend 4 months in the warm and wise embrace of my grandmother, great grandmother, great aunts and loving extended family. I arrived in Las Marias, Yuquayquin, the village where...
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