Benefits from Cleaning the Attic
“I need something from the attic,” my wife said to me the other morning as I was beginning my assault on the day’s crowded to-do list....
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Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
Look What Just Came Out!
Good Old Days, July/August 2020 #writing #DennisLPeterson #reading #writers #Memories #familyhistory #editing
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 12, 2020
- 2 min
Remembering William Zinsser
Zinsser was born October 7, 1922. Following service in the Army in North Africa and Italy during World War II, he returned to the United...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
Where Has the Time Gone?!
First, he calculated how much time he had had to that point of his life. (I think he was in his mid-70s at the time, having been born...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 10, 2020
- 2 min
An Old Farmer’s Words of Wisdom
One of my earliest childhood memories is of sitting on the couch beside my grandfather (we called him Pappaw) in his house while he...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
Thanksgiving Thoughts
I’m thankful that I live in a country that affords me great freedoms, of expression, of worship, of opportunities to better myself, and...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 11, 2019
- 3 min
Books Given and Received
Readers of this blog know by now that I’m a bibliophile, I love books and reading them. Granted, I’m selective in what I read, but within...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
New School Year Revives Memories
It’s school time again. You can’t avoid knowing that fact because of all the Walmart aisles crowded with school supplies for sale. (I...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 14, 2019
- 2 min
The More Things Change. . . .
The children of those early settlers either established farms (often quite large ones), towns, and cities or pressed further west to do...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 31, 2019
- 1 min
One Special Lady
We buried Virginia Mae Dietterich, my wife’s mother and my mother-in-law, on Monday. (In case you’ve been wondering, that’s why I haven’t...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 29, 2018
- 1 min
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day!
Good Old Days, January-February 2018 issue: #reading #writers #marriage #Memories #publishing #romance #family #Lessonslearned...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 28, 2018
- 2 min
Maintaining the Right Focus
My father-in-law was experiencing atrial fibrillation, his heart rate approaching 200. His doctors were sequentially trying several...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 11, 2018
- 4 min
Interruptions Bring Potential for Adventure
The difference between minor surgery and major surgery is determined by whether you are having it. That’s sort of the way it often is...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 7, 2018
- 3 min
Thoughts While Posting Christmas Cards
As I sat engaged in the various tasks of readying Christmas cards for mailing, I began to muse. I weighed how the practice has changed...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 27, 2018
- 2 min
Struggling Off Hiatus
It’s always been hard, it seems, to get “back in the swing” once I’ve been away for a while, and the week just past has been no...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Nov 13, 2018
- 4 min
The Man I Knew
He was born on this date in 1928, about 11 months before the big crash. Most of his formative, pre-adolescent years were within that...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 26, 2018
- 2 min
Memory Triggers
It’s interesting how something small and seemingly insignificant to others can trigger in one a vivid memory. This phenomenon can be, for...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
Two Life-Changing Events
On this date in history, several important events occurred. Columbus landed on San Salvador, discovering the New World in his quest to...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
The Project that Birthed Death and Life
On this date in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a secret project that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 11, 2018
- 3 min
The Origins and Proper Observance of Patriots’ Day
All of us who are old enough to remember the event, remember where we were and what we were doing when we first heard the news of the...
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