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Amazingly, one can grow up in a specific location and become a part of it and yet know little about some of its most amazing history. For...
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Dennis L. Peterson
- May 26
- 4 min
Marketing Class Memories
My wife recently got the sudden urge to clean out our attic. I helped her most by staying out of her way. After all, there was hardly...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 19
- 5 min
Musical Memories
The other day, my wife declared that it was time for her to plant her sweet potatoes. For some reason that I can't explain, my mind...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 12
- 4 min
Benefits of Reading Old Books
In my last post, I mentioned that I had been reading volume 7 of Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church and learning to...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 5
- 5 min
Life Lessons from the Track
Although my first love in sports was always baseball, I was never able to play organized ball. The closest I got was playing cow-pasture...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 28
- 3 min
Writing Lessons from Martin Luther
Among the various subjects about which I enjoy reading is the lives of famous writers. Every such biography I read always gives me some...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Revelations from Periodic Market Watching
All writers, if they expect to sell their work, should engage in periodic market watching. Too often, however, we get so busy...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 14
- 2 min
The Importance of Historical Awareness
Two events happened recently and set me to thinking simultaneously about both my experiences as a teacher and research historian as well...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 11
- 1 min
Update on Dillon's War
Just learned that my book Dillon's War is beginning the editing phase with TouchPoint Press editor Kimberly Coghlan. Hoping for a release...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 7
- 5 min
Going Home and Good Friday
Thomas Wolfe famously titled one of his works You Can't Go Home Again. That's true in so many ways, and it was brought to my mind...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 31
- 4 min
Gotta Have Skin--But What Kind?
I recently shared some of the following thoughts with an assembly of junior high and high school students. Perhaps you'll find them...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 24
- 4 min
Do These Stats Alarm You?
The other day, I came across some statistics that, to me, are quite alarming. I wonder if anyone else finds them similarly alarming....
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 16
- 4 min
Some of the Best Advice I Ever Received
Words of wisdom are all around us if we are just aware enough to see and hear them. Some of that advice is given to us directly by...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 10
- 4 min
Remembering the Influence of Two
Two men who had a great impact on my life passed away in the past week. One I knew personally; the other I knew only through his...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 3
- 3 min
What I've Been Reading
Those who know me or have read much of my blog know that I read a lot, often having multiple books going at the same time. They also know...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 24
- 3 min
Red Hill
Although we haven't had any snow yet this year where I live, I've seen the reports of others elsewhere who have. The sight of those snows...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 17
- 5 min
Thoughts on Dwindling Eyesight
The quietness and dim lighting of the eye doctor's examining room were conducive to one of two reactions. One might have been to sleep,...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 10
- 4 min
My Convoluted Pathway to Authorship
Someone asked me one day how I became an author. In turn, I asked them, "How much time do you have? It's a long story!" Because some of...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Making a Big Job Look Easy
By the time one reaches my age, he surely knows how things go whenever there is a household chore that must be tackled, such as a...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Making Do and Making Things Last
The last several months have seemed like a return to yesteryear. I'm referring to the time several decades ago when we suffered through...
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