Claude

On the road…again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek      Claude Checks Out The Saga of The Rainier Cherry Tree   My deceased wife, known as the Bengal Tiger planted a few cherry pits in the back yard, back in 2004. The following year, a Rainier variety...

Continue reading
  458 Hits

Clichés, Memes, and Bumper Stickers

  On the road…again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    Clichés, Memes, and Bumper Stickers   Old Ben and the Footloose Forester were pretty close because Ben was a veteran of the World War II air war against Japan and he might have some stories to tell....

Continue reading
  1001 Hits

On Smiles

On the road…again!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    On Smiles   If you are curious about where you might look to personally see almost everybody smiling, you might try a Catholic church, just after the priest says, “Let us show one another a sign of our...

Continue reading
  1058 Hits

Inductive Reasoning in Third Grade

On the road…again!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    Inductive Reasoning and Third-Grade Science Class   The dream came first, the details came later, and the story came last.  In a very pleasant dream last night, there we were, sitting on heavy wooden construction ties in the...

Continue reading
  1141 Hits

42.657, -76.211 Had the Evidence

On the road…again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   42.657, -76.211 Had the Evidence    The Wisconsin Glacier that pushed south into NE United States about 12,000 years ago left many unacknowledged gifts that are part of our everyday life today.  Geologists may quibble about how long...

Continue reading
  1322 Hits

A Better Bagel and Brand Loyalty

On the road…again!!!Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   A Better Bagel and Brand Loyalty   We all have our favorite foods.  But we don’t all agree on what those dishes or recipes are, thus the eternal discussions about foods and one of the primary urges that...

Continue reading
  1480 Hits

Let's Go Shake the Mango Tree, Cherry Tree, and Apple Trees

Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek    Let’s Go Shake the Mango Tree, the Cherry Tree, and the Apple Trees   Many chronicles of late have been enticed and extracted from dreams and polished up on paper before deciding where the latest one belongs:  in the legacy...

Continue reading
  2103 Hits

Let's Go Shake The Apple Tree

  On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Let’s Go Shake The Apple Tree   The Bengal Tiger was already in the branches of the Pennsylvania apple tree in the autumn of 2015 when she connected with the expression she had used...

Continue reading
  3170 Hits

From Cabo Verde To Coraopolis

On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   From Cabo Verde To Coraopolis By no means has the Footloose Forester been designated to be the family historian, thus his chronicles about family members have been spotty and more happenstance than deliberate and planned.  This one has...

Continue reading
  2736 Hits

Unique Zebra Amber

  On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Zebra Amber   Many times we all take things for granted.  Being comfortable with one’s personal ignorance is a way to cope, so although we strive to know what is going on, or knowing how things really...

Continue reading
  6325 Hits

Some Stuff You Just Can't Make Up

  On the road again….Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek  Maple Trees   This timely chronicle belongs in either the “you just can’t make this stuff up” folder, or the “truth is stranger than fiction” folder.  To a bridge player, you might call it a cheap trick.  It...

Continue reading
  2811 Hits

Growing Bamboo

On the road…again! Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Growing Bamboo Almost every time that he passed the dwarf bamboo thicket planted alongside his house in Pennsylvania, the Footloose Forester was reminded that bamboo was part of his family life. At one time or another, he fished...

Continue reading
  3730 Hits

Picking Magic Mushrooms With Jaelyn

  On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Magic Mushrooms   My father told me about wild mushrooms way back, but it was a Hungarian immigrant in New Jersey who convinced me that if you know what to look for, you need not get sick by...

Continue reading
  11159 Hits