top of page
Search


The Pond, Our Weather Station
Across from the driveway of my childhood home, in the corner of a cow pasture of my grandfather's dairy farm, was a pond. My grandfather...

Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 213 min read
Â


Valentine's Day Memories
I don't know if kids today get excited about Valentine's Day the way we used to "back in the day," but we got excited! It wasn't so much...

Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 143 min read
Â


The Lovely Sounds of Influenza
"I had a little bird, its name was Enza. "I opened the window, and in flu Enza." So reads a little ditty to which children in the 1918-19...

Dennis L. Peterson
Feb 73 min read
Â


Books and Multitasking
I'm generally not very good at multitasking, performing more than one task simultaneously. Yet, in at least one area of my life I've...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 313 min read
Â


A Date When Everything Seemed to Happen
Some days in history seem to have it all. Such was this day, January 24. Events that occurred on this date in history involved economics,...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 243 min read
Â


One War, One Father, Four Sons
Robert Peterson ("Uncle Bob" to me as a kid) had four sons--Ross, John, Charles, and Andrew--all of whom served during World War II. As I...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 174 min read
Â


A Most Satisfying Christmas Gift
One of the most satisfying gifts one could receive is that of a series of smiles, chuckles, laughter, even an occasional guffaw. One gift...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 102 min read
Â


Another New Year
Well, New Year's Day has come and gone, and we find ourselves looking back at 2024 and forward into the current year. What does it hold...

Dennis L. Peterson
Jan 32 min read
Â


Stranded!
I recently was reminded of a trip my family and I took that found us far from home in the Appalachian Mountains and stranded in a...

Dennis L. Peterson
Dec 28, 20244 min read
Â


Are We Listening to the Details?
Here it is nearly Christmas again! Less than a week from today! Perhaps for some people last Christmas seems long, long ago. For me,...

Dennis L. Peterson
Dec 20, 20245 min read
Â


A Stickler for Quality, Not So Much for Safety
Daddy learned to lay brick while helping erect the building of the Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren in Halls. His instruction was...

Dennis L. Peterson
Dec 13, 20244 min read
Â


Remembering Pearl Harbor
On Monday, December 8, 1941, members of the U.S. Congress met in special session to hear an address by President Franklin Roosevelt. The...

Dennis L. Peterson
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Â


Pausing to Reflect--and Give Thanks
We all too often get so caught up with the hustle and bustle of everyday living that we fail to think of the many blessings we enjoy and...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 28, 20243 min read
Â


Remembering the Circus
I recall seeing advertisements for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, "the Greatest Show on Earth," when I was a kid, but I never got to see it...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 22, 20242 min read
Â


Fashion Lessons My Parents Taught Us
Mother and Daddy were by no means financially wealthy. After all, Daddy was a brick mason, and Mother didn't work outside the home. So...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Â


Suggestions for Last-Minute Christmas Gifts
Yes, I know that it isn't yet Thanksgiving, but Christmas really is just around the corner. Have you purchased all of your gifts yet? Are...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Â


My Youthful Fields of Dreams
While discarding several boxes of old magazines the other day, I ran across a stack of long-forgotten photographs that sparked a lot of...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 8, 20244 min read
Â


Making the "Cut"
The final composition of athletic teams is often determined by tryouts. Would-be team members have the opportunity to make the team by...

Dennis L. Peterson
Nov 1, 20243 min read
Â


Credit Where Credit Is Due
Although writing is a solitary endeavor, no writer can succeed without the help of others. That fact is admitted in every book's...

Dennis L. Peterson
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Â


Same Blood, Different Lives
Smith isn't very well known today in spite of his coming from an illustrious family heritage and having made a name for himself during...

Dennis L. Peterson
Oct 25, 20242 min read
Â
bottom of page