Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Coffee Plants, Coffee Cherries, Coffee Berries, Coffee Beans, Coffee Makers, and Coffee Cups The whole world knows something about coffee. Many millions of people drink it every day. A few million are involved in growing it, hundreds...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Bridge, Not Too Far For a number of years, the Footloose Forester had wanted to write a chronicle about the missionaries he has known. There were plenty of them, spread out across the globe. Any such chronicle...
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On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Accidental Rock Hound Another dream, another chronicle about those bits and pieces of reverie that bob up and down in the soup of memories. The first ingredient in the soup of last night’s dream...
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Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Scariest Things Random thoughts of Africa came in a dream last night, so the Footloose Forester decided to stitch a few of them together in a chronicle that might be labeled The Scariest Things . First...
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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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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek You Remember Birdies and Eagles One of the differences between daydreams and night time dreams is the simple proposition that daydreams are induced recollections and night time dreams are involuntary. We may awaken to recall...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Slow Pitch Softball and Some Unanswered Questions True sports fans may not pay much attention to such quaint pastimes as softball, especially the easy going variety of quasi-sport known as slow pitch softball. But older...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Always An Amateur Life can be so disheartening when you grow up without good looks, athletic ability, high intelligence, or with physical limitations. Poor posture and annoying mannerisms also add to the handicaps that we...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Snackin’ On Crocodile At The Carnivore If and when you go on that safari to Africa, rest assured that you will get the chance to see African wildlife up close…real close. You won’t need...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Serendipity Of Katherine’s Statue Serendipity has always been one his favorite words. The dictionary definition of serendipity has a few variations; but in general, it means a pleasant, fortunate and unexpected discovery. Finding the...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Name Dropping The Footloose Forester has been a practicing iconoclast for most of his adult life. No, make that most of his entire life. As a teenager, he spent plenty of time musing about...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Adventures on the Laikipia Plateau Kenya Going up-country in Kenya with a real adventurer was what Footloose Forester hoped all jobs would be like. His friend agreed to the using of his full name and association...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Andre the Hunter On the road…again! may be the banner adopted by the Footloose Forester that subconsciously reminds him of his years of travel, but as they say, “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” This fantastic...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Softball Overseas Part II Within a year of completing the Cape Verde assignment, Footloose Forester was selected to serve as Senior Forestry Advisor for a USAID project in Haiti. His interest in softball...
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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 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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