Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Paying for School Essays is Cheating
There are plenty of self-help books out there. Some are long and fairly comprehensive. Others are short and to the point. Tips on building, painting, wiring, or baking come in...
Member Stories
Having a summer holiday can be a boon or a bane for the students; it is a boon because you neither have to study for long and extended hours nor you have to stay up all night to complete the pending academic paper. However, it can be a bane because...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Words Matter, No Matter What
Maybe some words attain the distinction of earning copyright protection, maybe some words are so vulgar that they are not accepted in polite conversation, and maybe some often-repeated words are so vapid...
I don’t remember exactly how a group of undocumented immigrants got into our apartment, or how quickly immigration agents showed up at our door. I only remember my feelings of rage, fear and helplessness.
At the time my siblings and I lived in a 3-bedroom apartment with our parents, aunt...
Background:
In the year 2000, my mother gifted me a priceless and unforgettable experience. Through her generosity I was able to spend 4 months in the warm and wise embrace of my grandmother, great grandmother, great aunts and loving extended family.
I arrived in Las Marias, Yuquayquin, the village...
On the road…again!!!
Afghanistan to Zambia
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Googling Pyramid Peak
Another day, another dream, and another chronicle about nagging problems. The long-festering issue about which screen capture photos from the Internet are free of copyright restrictions welled up again in last...
On the road…again!!!
Afghanistan to Zambia
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Siberia From the Air
You can’t see much from the small oval window of a jetliner but if you don’t look out you won’t see anything of the world below. There is much you can learn...
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I'm exploring digital journals today. Generous fireworks will take place at the park across the street so we get to lay out in the back yard. How fortunate!
todo: knit...
As I pedaled up I saw her sprawled out on the ground. She had lost her balance and fallen off her bicycle. Her knee was skinned very badly and her arm was cut. We asked her to let us call someone to come pick her up. She steadfastly refused. She...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Ezekiel Was a Prophet, Not a Horticulturist
Show me the person who thinks that every single word in the Bible is literally true, and I will show you a person who will be hard-pressed to...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Moss and Mumblety-peg
The game of mumblety-peg is so old that even Mark Twain mentioned it as one of the favorites enjoyed by young boys. It was outdoors, in the summer, and played in the grass. To...
As my younger son Ed, his wife Anna, and our granddaughters prepare for a cross-country move from New Jersey to Chicago, my mind goes back to 1974, the year our family also moved from the East to the Midwest.
Husband John had accepted a position with Battelle Columbus Labs and begun...
On the road…again!!!
Afghanistan to Zambia
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Pani Pulau
Snippets of memory, the stuff of legacy stories… That was the theme of a recent chronicle by the Footloose Forester. Today another snippet of a distant memory was jarred loose during a period...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Rosewood By Any Other Name
Most everyone agrees that truth in advertising is a policy that should be followed simply because everyone wants to know what they are getting and to get what they are paying...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Street Trees and Village Shade
There is little doubt that trees beautify the landscape in any large city or small town. Street trees are aesthetic treasures that may be ignored at times but gain attention when they...
In the era of tough competition and with a burden of books more than your actual weight. It is very hard to learn things rapidly as you have so much to read and learn within a short span of time. There must be some remedy or tip to learn fast?...
It was fun seeing Christian on the Big Screen at Brenden Theatres towards the end of his 7th grade year (Spring of 2016) as the teams of kids in Video Production at Diablo View Middle School Showcased their year of hard work. Great ingenuity and so much fun to watch.
Double...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
Potatoes, Corn, Wheat, and Rice
You probably know as much about rice as you do about potatoes, corn, or wheat. Your consumption of french fries, baked potatoes, potato chips, and mashed potatoes probably puts the...
Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams
Chronicles of a Footloose Forester
By Dick Pellek
On Common Sense
Many people who opine about common sense probably don’t have a clear idea about what it is and what it is not. If you can’t define it, you should probably stop making reference to...
