The 1950s and early 1960s have been called the "Golden Age of Television." The programs of those early years, when most communities had...

It's so easy for me to get sidetracked whenever I'm looking for something, especially when the distraction is a pile of old photos. Each...

Surely you've heard of James Maitland. He starred alongside some of the best Hollywood actors and actresses of his day. His acting...

A lot of teachers have appeared in the long line of the Petersons over the years. Mildred Peterson Simpson, my aunt, had a long career in...

On Monday, the nation will honor all servicemen and servicewomen who have died for their country. Please note that that day is not to...

This week, I've been helping to celebrate the birthdays of two special people in my life: my brother and my father-in-law. I'm alive...

This Sunday marks the commemoration of Mother's Day, so I thought I'd feature in today's post something about someone who had no mother...

I'm always on the lookout for writing topics and ways to lend support to my writing. For example, I look for material, such as...

Perhaps you've seen the 1968 movie Yours, Mine & Ours, starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball with Van Johnson in a supporting role. It...

The other day, I ran across a post written by Alycia W. Morales for the Write Conversation blog. Titled "50 Best Tips for Writers," it...

When writing the post for this blog a couple of weeks ago,(https://www.dennislpeterson.com/post/authors-who-influenced-a-young-mind), I...

It's pollen season in South Carolina! Although we don't get much snow in the Upstate of South Carolina, we make up for that deficiency in...

Growing up in rural Knox County, Tennessee, I never realized until years later how my parents unintentionally exposed me to some of the...

The key factor in determining whether one likes or dislikes history (or any subject, for that matter) is the kind of teachers he or she...

Every so often, I, like you, no doubt, receive a "friend request" on social media. And we've all no doubt often even sent our own such...

There are few certainties in life, but some things are inevitable. They will happen no matter what we might do or how much we might wish...

It's amazing how one can be born and grow up somewhere and never learn about some of the most important places or events in its history...

During the process of researching and writing my upcoming book Dillon's War, I repeatedly found myself encountering quotations from or...

Some of you who have read my blog for some time might be wondering (and several people have been asking) whatever happened to my...

Whenever one is researching, he never knows what interesting tidbits and trivial factoids he'll discover in the process. The key is not...