Throughout time, the lives of ordinary people have been controlled by monarchs and rulers, while their own voices remained unheard and their freedoms limited. 247 years ago, courageous individuals established a system that aimed to empower the common people, granting them a voice and agency in their own governance. However, the forces of privilege and...
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I took my two favorite toys out today. My mountain stand up bike Msub, and my drone. Short but sweet.
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This world famous cave is just over a ridge from Bell Canyon. I had to give my drone a try and got some amazing footage!
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Castle Peak is a peak very near to our house in Bell Canyon. The peak overlooks the San Fernando Valley, and the footage is some of my best!
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This is a short video of me learning to land my drone. Landing in the wild was so much fun!
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Trail Canyon Falls is our go to falls in the north San Fernando Valley. This time I took my drone to get some footage. When it is raining, this falls is fantastic.
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On one of our trips up to beautiful Napa Valley, I took my drone and got this amazing footage. We would go every year to stay at our time share, The Vino Bella, and taste some GEAT wine!
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I took my drone over to my friends house to show him how it performs. We took it up very high to get a look at the channel Island, then I gave him the controls, and was lucky to get her back in one piece! He wanted to check out his...
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This was one of my first drone flights over our home in Bell Canyon Ca. This little drone takes great photos and is easy to fly.
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Our precious Katara was a Bengal cat, her grandmother was an Asian Leopard. Bengal's have to be five generations from the Asian Leopard to participate in shows, so only being three generations, she was ineligible to show. When we got her home as a kitten, she was WILD and started beating up our...
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We found sweet little Marlowe in the parking lot of the Vino Bello Resort. She came up to us and would not rest until we took her into our 3rd floor room. We feed her eggs, because that is all we had. Afterwards we put her back outside, but she kept...
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Childhood The first house that Joe can remember was his parents house. It had two stories where Joe's family lived in the top floor and rent out...
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Carradino Joseph DiLucido lived a long and amazing life indeed. He passed away at 97 on December 16th 2014. Joe was born in Pawtucket Rhode Island on Feb 1st 1917. He was born at home on Water Street, to Joseph and Candida-Chulli DiLucido. Dino-Joe moved to 19 Cleveland St, North Providence, R. I....
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On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Forestation in Brazil The photo credits used in this chronicle are unknown but were copied from Facebook. My apology for taking the easy way out in re-telling a story about forestation in Brazil. Some...
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On the road…again!!! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek EAP (Epsilon Alpha Rho) Fraternity brothers and sorority sisters would likely know that EAP can be sounded out as “Epsilon Alpha Rho” in the Greek language and signify the name of a campus fraternity...
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On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Deceptions Many of the games and puzzles one finds on the Internet are enticing time wasters. And they are usually rife with hidden hacks, deceptions, and subterfuges that promote in us a sense...
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On the road…again! Essays, Stories, Adventures, Dreams Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By 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...
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A few thoughts about what I hope you as my children will do to continue your relationship when I’m no longer around. First and foremost, and I don’t think I worry about this at all because I see that you do it now and it is part of each one of...
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2 stories in one WHAT TELEVISION PROGRAMS DID I WATCH AS A CHILD For most of my childhood years, we did not have a television so therefore I did not watch programs. However, we had friends who lived across the street and there were times that we went across the street...
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