On the road …again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Rhine Freezes Over There are times when you and those around you are not truly appreciative of the things and events in your midst. As a soldier in Germany during the early...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek How Do We Know If We Are Making An Impression? All too often in our daily lives, we are just guessing about how we are perceived by others. The impressions we make in some face-to-face...
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Add a story, photo or Pict-Oral Memory tm about hope in adversity Adversity: Recovering Heroes They say that angels come in many forms, and we sense their nearness when, in crisis, help arrives. But sometimes, in the aftermath of what they do best, our heroes need healing, too. On September 11,...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Taking The ALS Challenge The occasion was the birthday party for 76-year-old Footloose Forester who was visiting the Pittsburgh area with his wife. Their main purpose for traveling north from Virginia was to clean up...
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There’s a dead bird in my freezer: a woodpecker, to be exact, Downy, female, just a slight young thing that thought my sliding glass door was something to fly through. She must have hit the glass full tilt. By the time I noticed her on my back steps she was on...
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By Golden V. Adams Jr. Just over a year ago, I was assigned as a home teacher to Van and Eva. Although Van was a member of my High Priest Group, I did not know him well and so the first couple of times that I visited their home, I noticed...
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I believe--I know--we are all God's children; that he loves us deeply and wants us to come back to live with Him. I believe--I know--that Christ, His Son, made this possible for us to accomplish. "All" that is required of us is to hone our lives in such a way that...
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I graduated from EHS with the class of 1977. I just wanted to say that my memories of "Mrs. Fouse" only bring a smile to my face. Her gentle motivation and beautiful smile are still remembered by me. Because of her encouragement, I agreed to volunteer to help teach English to...
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We All Have Core Beliefs; These Are Some Of Mine 1. Despite the darkness of the night, I believe that the sun will shine again. Despite the depths of our despair and sorrow, that sun will warm our hearts and spirits. There is nothing I can do to suppress...
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We all know the phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child," but have you ever applied it to your own experience? Who are the influential people in your life, past or present, who have shaped and influenced you? Here's my top 10: 1. & 2. My parents. Of course....
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March 19, 2013 Dear Grandpop, Today you would have been 95, if we still had you on this earth. But as it turns out, you were only with us 90 and 3/4 years. I miss you. Life goes on and time continues, but when I fully allow myself to dive into...
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NOBODY LIKES A CRITIC By Dick Pellek FOREWORD The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. Something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir...
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By William Albert Adams. This poem was written to highlight experiences he lived while serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Southern States Mission 1900-1901. I was born in a place called Utah, A...
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INTEGRITY The most significant value that I was shown in my lifetime was from my Daddy…Integrity! T he situation was that my Daddy was principal of the high school and one of his responsibilities was to sign papers to send to the Arkansas Athletic...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek The Serendipity Of Katherine’s Statue Serendipity has always been one of his favorite words. The dictionary definition of serendipity has a few variations; but in general, it means a pleasant, fortunate and unexpected discovery. Finding the...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek On Name Dropping The Footloose Forester has been a practicing iconoclast for most of his adult life. No, make that most of his entire life. As a teenager, he spent plenty of time musing about...
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Learning how to allow peace in my mind had to be wanted. No more drama is exactly that, No more Drama Escape from reality, what is reality these days? is in the eye of the beholder? All I want to do is have Peace of Mind. Seek and you shall find, knock and...
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On the road… again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek Remembering The Rutgers Tomatoes Thu’s mom, the original Bengal Tiger whose name was Trang Thi Dao, came north with us for the summer in New Jersey, while Footloose Forester visited with his parents and worked...
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On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek A Gift From a Samoan to a Vietnamese to a Dying American G.I. The following account is a bittersweet memory of the days when the Footloose Forester and his soul mate Thu were living in...
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