Life’s Interruptions
The first event occurred last Thursday afternoon as I was putting the final touches on my blog posting, which was to appear the next...
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Dennis L. Peterson
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
Learning from Rejection and Failure
Different teachers have different teaching styles. Even students recognize that fact, and they often like (or dislike) a teacher because...
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
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Knowledgeable Volunteers
http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx.) #writing #DennisLPeterson #Combat #reading #lessonsofhistory #teaching #writers #Militaryhistory #books
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
The Open Window
Someone (I conducted a brief online search to discover who, but I found no definitive answer) once said, “When God closes a door, He...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 3, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Individual Effort
(from Combat! Spiritual Lessons from Military History, available at Amazon, http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx) #writing #Christianeducation...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Static: Imprecise Language
That quotation came to mind the other day as I read a short article by Stephen Clay McGehee titled “Words Have Meaning” at The Southern...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Dealing with Setbacks
Be sure to check out Part 1 of the featured article about this book on Southern Writers magazine’s Suite T blog this Friday at...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
Jack or Master?
No doubt, you’ve heard the adage “a jack of all trades, a master of none,” referring to someone who can do a lot of different things but...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jan 13, 2020
- 1 min
Education Article Published
This article of mine just came out in the Spring issue of Parent Update by the American Association of Christian Schools. #writing...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 23, 2019
- 3 min
Life Lessons from Louis L’Amour
As readers of this blog already know, I tend to prefer reading nonfiction over fiction. But they also know that I’m trying to break out...
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
- Jul 5, 2019
- 3 min
From Bunk to Benefit
“We want to live in the present,” he said, “and the only history that is worth [anything] is the history we make today.” Sadly, that...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jun 28, 2019
- 3 min
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 25, 2019
- 1 min
A Comic Book Education
#reading #teaching #writers #books #publishing
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Reflections on a Winslow Homer Painting
But that painting, “Snap the Whip,” was more than a sanity-maintainer for me. It reminded me of three special people: my grandfather, my...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Navigating versus Drifting
A number of years ago, my wife and I were returning from a trip up north and were cruising along somewhere down I-75 in Ohio. We had a...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 15, 2019
- 4 min
Chivalry Still Lives!
Just when I had about concluded that true chivalry was dead, I saw the living embodiment of that very quality. It wasn’t exhibited by...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Necessity of Observation
Recently, during one of the brief lulls between ten straight days of rain showers when the sun was making a brief appearance, I was...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 8, 2019
- 1 min
Show, Don’t Tell
One of the most-often stated maxims of writing instruction is “Show, don’t tell.” For example, instead of telling me that a particular...
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