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On the road...again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   The Long Arm of the (Slovak) Law   Spoiler Alert:  This chronicle is as much a reflective episode in modern reality than an admission of a miscue that cost the Footloose Forester a bundle of euros.  If records...

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy 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, or a whistle blower....

I honestly don't know that I can list five life choices I regret. Have I made mistakes? Oh, yes! But, I've learned in life that to change one thing would change everything; it would be impossible to go back and change something without any effect on everything else. I am who...

On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   We May Never Meet Again   Older folks tend to look back in time more often than youngsters do.  The older we become, the more time we have to devote to our private thoughts and the nostalgia that...

  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Regrets   “To thine own self be true” is a dictum that has survived as a lesson in character building since biblical times. In being honest with oneself, most of us would admit to having a few regrets. ...

"The best I could do is the best I could do" comes to mind when attempting to answer the question posed. Hindsight is always 20-20, and I can't imagine anyone not wanting to do something over again if given the opportunity, but we know we cannot go back in time; therefore,...