On the road…again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek It’s Raining in the Teak The combination and progression of adventures that led to dreams that led to stories that sometimes led to essays is the present impetus to now tell a tale that not many people will...
On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek As I Lie Awake and Listen Melancholia pervades a certain genre of music and people who suddenly become vulnerable to melancholia find a certain solace in the words and music of melancholic songs. Singing...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy 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 insult for...
On the road…again!!!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Dr. Ben Stout Was My Kind of Guy It is true that having a receptive mood is one of the conditions that is required for the Footloose Forester to even draft a chronicle. If something inside him says, "this...
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...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Single Tree Selection Becomes High-Grading With all the talk about deforestation and the evils of cutting down trees, people everywhere should remember that humans have been cutting down trees ever since they invented the tools to do so. ...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Closer Look at a Picture Worth a Thousand Words Flamengos Tree Nursery, Cape Verde Some people are proud of their humble beginnings. Others are impatient to move on and forget about the past. It was many...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Rainforests or Not? Discussing rainforests is not the same as explaining rainforests and reporting from a rainforest is not the same as reporting about rainforests. Likewise, discussing rainforests does not and should not imply that the reporter or...
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Confession Of A Practical Joker The text of the following spoof was culled from the black heart of a practical joker who calls himself the Footloose Forester. He sometimes risked official displeasure with his propensity to...
On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek Zaire The Footloose Forester had many a stopover in transit countries that hardly count as experiences that deserve to be included in memoirs. A few stopovers, however, are linked to other events that are burned into the memory...
