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Holiday Ups and Downs
Holidays can be many things to different people, depending on their circumstances and environments and a host of other factors. For...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 3, 20203 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
Nov 22, 20192 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
Oct 11, 20193 min read


The Struggles of “Catching Up”
Perhaps you recall the famous lines about “the best laid plans of mice and men.” Often, the flow of “normal” life events tends to...

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 2, 20192 min read


Doing It Right
I was impressed the minute the man got out of his truck. My appreciation for him grew by the minute. When the installer arrived, two...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jun 28, 20193 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 27, 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 12, 20182 min read


Decisions, Decisions
For several years, I had read various comments and articles about and notices and advertisements for the Write2Ignite Christian writers’...

Dennis L. Peterson
Sep 21, 20182 min read


In Honor of Grandparents
Growing up as a kid, I thought that all grandparents–not only my own but also those of my friends–were old. After all, they had white,...

Dennis L. Peterson
Sep 7, 20182 min read


Coming Home
Home. There’s nothing like it, especially when one is returning to it after a long vacation. It’s not just a general coming back home...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 6, 20182 min read


The Family Just Keeps Growing!
News Flash! Dateline North Carolina–Thurs., April 5, 2018 We’re grandparents again! Our daughter Rachelle gave us Number 7 yesterday...

Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 6, 20181 min read


Return from Hiatus
More than two weeks (actually 18 days) have passed since my last blog post. I took a little hiatus from blogging so my wife and I could...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 9, 20181 min read


“As Slow as Christmas?”
Snarled in stop-and-go holiday shopping traffic the other day, I complained aloud the oft-repeated refrain, “This traffic is moving along...

Dennis L. Peterson
Dec 19, 20171 min read


Trip Revived (and Produced) Great Memories
Granddaughters were at the top of that list of reasons, of course. Three of our six grandkids live in that area, our most recent addition...

Dennis L. Peterson
Sep 4, 20172 min read


Secret Surprise
Combine the need to keep a secret with a growing forgetfulness in the secret-keeper, and you have a potential major problem. That was my...

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 29, 20173 min read
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