Afghanistan to Zambia Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Google Earth Gets Better And Better This chronicle is a revised version of an earlier story about how important Google Earth has been in not only finding things like a car in a driveway...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Sand, Silt, and Clay At one time or another in our everyday lives, everyone is guilty of using the improper or imprecise word or words to describe things around us. Some of us do it thoughtlessly and...
A to Z Word PotpourriChronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Maybe I Didn’t Make Myself Clear As the months and years fly by, some of us think back to those times when we were in heated discussion about things that are important. Sometimes the topics were...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The French Connection Just this morning as he arose from sleep and from a dream that would be the basis for a new chronicle entry, the Footloose Forester mentioned to his soulmate, the Bengal Tiger,...
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Screening Job Applicants Filling vacant jobs sometimes employs screening procedures that go beyond just filling out employment forms and answering a few interview questions. Sometimes the employers...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek The Scientific Method In Everyday Life There may be a lot of truth in the idea that we all forget about 80% of what we learned in school. Most of us, however; are satisfied that what we have...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Stand Your Grounds (Opinions Count, But Facts Matter) It was an innocent remark. Our house guest suggested that our morning coffee was too strong because we used too many scoops of coffee grounds. We like strong coffee and...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Can We Remember? Do We Remember? Should We Remember? People who think often about the past engage in subconscious peeking into their personal histories. They see flashes of happy times, stressful times, sad times, times...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Nairobi Bombing in 1998 Many years have passed since Al Qaida pulled off the attempted bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. They didn’t manage to bring down the embassy building but they did...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Incoming Tide There is no telling by looking around you whether or not the tides matter to most people you talk to in the tiny enclaves surrounding Chincoteague Bay, Virginia. To be sure, the watermen...
On the road…again! Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A to Z Word Potpourri The Chronicles of a Footloose Forester were compiled over a number of years, one story at a time. Events, observations, encounters, and episodes were the ingredients in the mix that got filed into his...
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Trail Mix Remembering the name of one of his favorite snacks proved to be a task that would not be completed until early the next morning, upon waking from sleep. Going to...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Arguing With Sheila It took a long, 5,500 mile trip with GPS guidance to finally convince us that it is not a good idea to trust the GPS for all the answers. Although our superior...
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Grass Clippings, Fertilizer, Green Manure Tis now the season when homeowners around the country get out the lawnmowers, fertilizer spreaders, and weed whackers in their yearly quest to make their lawns more...
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Drs. and Doctorandus Titles, degrees, and honorifics are important in some circles to distinguish the achiever by the achievement, the apparent status of the individual by the designator before the name, or the...
Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Gadabout and Gadfly When the Footloose Forester was finally ready to fill in the biographical content for the cover of his third memoir: Acer rubrum to Zyzphus jujuba: Volume II in early...
On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Talk Story to a 2nd Grade Spanish Class Sharing ideas with children is an important part of their formative education. So is showing them things that are all around us; and teaching them...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Littering for a Cause Some people overtly proclaim their concerns about conservation, environmental awareness, and anti-littering. Others practice low-key conservation and likely are just as effective, or ineffective, as the circumstances permit. The Footloose Forester belonged to the...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Beautiful Earth, One Slide At A Time A beautiful place, but don't ask where (one of 70 slides in a Power-Point presentation file [Rare-et-magnifique---.pps] One of the problems in making our stories more interesting...
On the road...again!!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy 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 years, the Footloose...
