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T-Minus 2 Days, and We Have Main Engine Start!
The release of Evangelism and Expulsion is imminent! The day of liftoff is almost upon us! Tomorrow is the big day!

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 9, 20221 min read
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T-Minus 3 Days and Counting!
Getting ready for the release of Evangelism and Expulsion on August 10. It's on the "pad" and almost ready to lift off. Are you ready?

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 8, 20221 min read
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T-Minus 4 Days and Counting!
Watch for the upcoming release of Evangelism and Expulsion: Missionary Work among the Cherokees until Removal!

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 7, 20221 min read
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Governor Rye and Harvey Graybeal, J.P.
My great grandfather, Harvey Graybeal (we kids called him Poppa), was a quiet, unassuming man. He never talked very much, at least as far...

Dennis L. Peterson
Aug 5, 20224 min read
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THINK!
It's amazing to me how sometimes one can be exposed to multiple unassociated things that direct his thoughts toward a single subject or...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 29, 20225 min read
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Release Date Approaches!
After numerous delays, Evangelism and Expulsion: Missionary Work among the Cherokees until Removal is scheduled for an official release...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 26, 20221 min read
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Random, Thought-Provoking Quotations
On Writing: "Write something to suit yourself and many people will like it; write something to suit everybody and scarcely anyone will...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 22, 20221 min read
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Reminding Myself Why I Write
In last week's blog post, I wrote about rediscovering my mission as a writer. That post elicited a thought-provoking response from an...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 15, 20224 min read
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Rediscovering the Mission
Sometimes in life, we feel as though we're spinning our wheels, revving our engine but getting nowhere. It sometimes happens to writers;...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 8, 20223 min read
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Bread Upon the Waters
One of the big tests one often faces in life is how to deal with disappointments. They can be viewed as disasters that derail plans, as...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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Thoughts Following Vacation
My wife and I recently returned from a "working vacation." In this post, I share just a few random thoughts sparked by events along the...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Write What You Know--Or Don't Know
One of the many bits of advice given to aspiring, struggling, and "blocked" writers is this: Write what you know. That's good advice....

Dennis L. Peterson
Jun 17, 20223 min read
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Let's Remember the Other D-days, Too!
Earlier this week, many historically attuned people remembered and commemorated the 78th anniversary of the Allied landings on the shores...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jun 10, 20223 min read
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Daddy's Teaching Tools and Methods
With Father's Day coming up later this month, I've been thinking about the influence my own dad had on me. I've thought often lately...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jun 3, 20224 min read
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This Day, May 27, in History
Today, May 27, we look back at a few historic events that occurred on this date. We can learn several lessons from these happenings if we...

Dennis L. Peterson
May 27, 20222 min read
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Another Opportunity to Honor
Tomorrow, Saturday, May 20, we have yet another opportunity to give honor to whom honor is due. This occasion, formally established on...

Dennis L. Peterson
May 20, 20223 min read
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An End--and a Beginning
The close of another school year is upon us. During my 19 years of teaching, I experienced the end of school enough to know firsthand...

Dennis L. Peterson
May 13, 20224 min read
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Have We Learned Anything from World War II?
Tomorrow is V-E Day, "Victory in Europe Day." On this date, we remember the unconditional surrender of all military forces of Hitler's...

Dennis L. Peterson
May 6, 20224 min read
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Cold Letter, Warm Response
In junior high English class, one of our assignments was to write letters to a family member or friend who was serving in the military at...

Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 29, 20224 min read
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Historians' Methods for Determining Dates
Historians (but not only historians) have a variety of ways of identifying the dates of objects and photographs that lack any verifiable...

Dennis L. Peterson
Apr 22, 20223 min read
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