The Bug Zapper

The Bug Zapper
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   The Bug Zapper     Not many people who lived in the valley where the Saó Jorge dos Orgaós research station was located had electric power.  In fact, it would be accurate to say that the only people...
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Sure, I'm Ignorant

Sure, I'm Ignorant
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek     Sure, I’m Ignorant and Will Always Be   Criticism from afar can cut just as deeply as in-your-face histrionics, complete with sputum and the bulging eyes of the critic.  But being called ignorant was never a huge...
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Burundi, Rwanda, And Genocide

Burundi, Rwanda, And Genocide
  On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Burundi is Rwanda's Neighbor and Shared the Same Genocide In the first couple of years that the Footloose Forester visited the United Nations-funded government building at Rhuengheri on a regular basis, it was satisfying...
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A Resume Never Read

A Resume Never Read
On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   A Résumé Never Read   With the massive outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa in recent months, the Footloose Forester was reminded that the US Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., is one...
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Whistle Blower Wanna-be

Whistle Blower Wanna-be
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Whistle Blower Wanna-Be   Did you ever want to blow the whistle on someone who was engaging in nefarious action, or inaction?  Of course you did.  But nobody likes a snitch, a rat, a back stabber,...
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The Other Side Of The Coin

The Other Side Of The Coin
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   The Other Side Of The Coin   Spoiler Alert:  This is another dream-induced chronicle entry that emanates from the undigested sludge of the cesspool thoughts of the Footloose Forester . There are various ways that its...
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