Why Footloose Forester Won't Write A Novel

Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Why Footloose Forester Won’t Write A Novel As snippets of clichés and other prompts for new chronicles popped into his head, the Footloose Forester decided that at least two of them were determining factors in his decision to forever eschew...

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A to Z Word Potpourri

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...

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Pets, Weeds, and Invasive Plants

Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujubaEssays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek     Pets, Weeds, and Invasive Plants   There are so many ways to think about the animals and plants of this earth that it becomes haltingly tentative for anyone to embark on a meaningful discussion with...

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Legacy Of The Land

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek          Legacy Of The Land If you are not making many mistakes, you are not being very creative.  Now, that is a stinging indictment…to the reader, whomever that is, and from the writer…whomever that was. ...

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Working As A Career

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Working As A Career Sharing personal stories with family and friends about where we worked is an easy topic to open a conversation. Each of us has a treasure trove of stories locked away in our memory banks. The...

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Bamboo That Was Over 100 Feet Tall

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   C was Ceylon   You might say that he was never in Sri Lanka, but he was in Ceylon.  He was never in Kampuchea but was once in the Khmer temples of Cambodia; he never set foot in Myanmar...

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Teak Plantations of Honduras

  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    H is Honduras    After getting a small grant to research a few selected teak plantations in Central America, compliments of the Organization for Tropical Studies, the Footloose Forester chose Costa Rica, Panama, and Honduras.  The decision was...

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Hitting The Trail In The Northwest Frontier Provinces Of Pakistan

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Northwest Frontier Provinces Pakistan On a trek into the Northwest Frontier Provinces of Pakistan, the Swat valley he believes it was -- Footloose Forester arrived with Peace Corps colleagues John Harper and Jerry Jensen at sunset. We were happy to...

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