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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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 morning...
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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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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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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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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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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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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek T is for Tanzania Many people know that Mount Kilimanjaro is located in East Africa and that there is snow at its summit. At 19,341 feet above sea level, the top of Kilimanjaro is a sacred...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose F orester By Dick Pellek Originally published on 2 January 2012 A Story of War Joe Fodor is going on 90 now, but you would never...
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