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  Alice was the greatest mother to James. She worked at the local utility company in a town close to where she lived. When James was born, she took him to work with her, collecting payments for area customers for their utility bills. James got proficient in counting monies and writing...

   Moving James. James was living in an 2 room apartment in Forest City North Carolina. He had a bedroom and a kitchen-living room combo. The entire apartment was 300 square feet. James' apartment came furnished with a couch, bed and dresser. All of James' personal possessions amounted to a computer, clothes,...

Wedding day   James and Debra were still working on the house, cleaning and straightening, on the day of the wedding. Work continued until about 2 hours before the wedding was scheduled to begin.    Debra's sister Denise had made food for the wedding, her wedding gift to James and Debra.  Granny...

New home   After James and Debra decided to get married, and had set a wedding date, next came the ordeal of looking for a place to live. We began looking at apartments in Spartanburg and rental property. Grandpa comes home one night and tells me that one of the employees that...

Fate   James mother Alice, was his only parent from the time he was 16 until her death in 2008. James father, Howard Thomas Phelps had been sick most of James life with intestinal cancer. From as long as James can remember, Howard had been sick and in-out of the hospital. James...

   I was working as a Respiratory Therapist at Cherokee Memorial Hospital in Gaffney SC. James was hired at the same hospital just after graduating from Western Carolina University with a degree in Medical Laboratory Medicine. One of the staff members that I was working with was a lady about my...

Marv and I bagged another amazing peak in the San Gabrial Mountains. This hike was relatively easy until the last mile, then the scrambling began. But it was worth the effort to bag this peak. The most challenging peak in the front range of the San Gabriels. This trail loops through...

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We were off to bag another peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, and this time it was the mountain ranges own namesake, the San Gabriel Peak. It is not the highest peak in the range, but one you must climb! I started the hike with a sore hip, but as the day...

Playing youth hockey is an amazing experience for children. Many parents want their children to practice this kind of sport because of the benefits it brings. There are many examples when children’s passion of playing hockey turns into a professional one, meaning that they become sportsmen. Youth hockey is a very...

Tibet and Nepal are located in the hills and hills of the Himalayas, and the natural scenery is different. Tibet has world-class glaciers, lakes and other wonderful landscape resources, while Nepal has green, beautiful scenery.Tibet and Nepal have a unique and complex culture that involves lifestyle, religion, architecture, festivals and more....

Let me start this story with a question to all…. Have you ever brought home a new pet for your kids such as a kitten, a puppy or a typical a gold fish? To see the joy on the kids’ faces is priceless right? For my kids instead I brought home...

Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   If You Ever Go Across the Sea to Java   “If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,” the plaintive words of an old but enchanting melody begin. The haunting Irish melody forms your thoughts into dreams as it...

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Culture refers to the accepted practices of a particular community. It encompasses the language, art, norms and the religion of the communities. Communities indulge in diverse activities that contribute to their culture. For example, in China, various cultural ceremonies are practiced that are a symbol of national unity. Religion also contributes...

Aging is a challenging process which is often accompanied by medical conditions like dementia. Dementia is a combined term for a group of symptoms, linked to a decline in cognitive abilities of an individual. People with dementia suffer from a short term memory loss, but they can still recall older memories....

People often get worried about developing Alzheimer's disease or an associated dementia disorder as they grow older. The prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD) among Americans above 65 years of age is reported to be around 5.5 million. This number is predicted to rise dramatically in the next 40 years in the United States....

    Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujuba Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Environmental Disasters For much of the last 30 years, the issue of the environment has become a political football, with political parties lining up on opposite sides of that football.  That...

Acer rubrum To Zyzyphus jujubaEssays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    Rain Shadows and Rainforests   On the one hand, you have those who believe in global warming; and on the other side of the divide are those who are currently labeled as climate change deniers.  In...

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