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, 20201 min read
Look What Just Came Out!
Good Old Days, July/August 2020 #writing #DennisLPeterson #reading #writers #Memories #familyhistory #editing
Dennis L. Peterson
May 12, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20183 min read
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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