Essays, Stories, Adventures, DreamsChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek The Bug Zapper Not many people who lived in the valley where the Saó Jorge dos Orgaós research station was located had electric power. In fact, it would be accurate to say that the only people who had...
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 Burundi is Rwanda's Neighbor and Shared the Same Genocide In the first couple of years that the Footloose Forester visited the United Nations-funded government building at Rhuengheri on a regular basis, it was satisfying to...
On the road …again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek A Résumé Never Read With the massive outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa in recent months, the Footloose Forester was reminded that the US Agency for International Development, or U.S.A.I.D., is one of the leading...
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....
On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek The Other Side Of The Coin Spoiler Alert: This is another dream-induced chronicle entry that emanates from the undigested sludge of the cesspool thoughts of the Footloose Forester. There are various ways that its random contents might be...