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, 20203 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, 20202 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, 20201 min
Tuesday Teaser: Knowledgeable Volunteers
http://ow.ly/ZXQ350xX9mx.) #writing #DennisLPeterson #Combat #reading #lessonsofhistory #teaching #writers #Militaryhistory #books
Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 3, 20202 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, 20201 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, 20202 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, 20201 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, 20202 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, 20201 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, 20193 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, 20193 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, 20193 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, 20193 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, 20191 min
A Comic Book Education
#reading #teaching #writers #books #publishing
Dennis L. Peterson
May 17, 20192 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, 20193 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, 20194 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, 20193 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, 20191 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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