by Forrest Peterson | Nov 6, 2025 | Words on Paper
Marching along ‘grocery store alley’ in protest of possible cuts in food assistance. When I hear people blame ‘bad choices’ for someone’s needing to receive food or other public assistance benefits, the only actual bad choice I can think of is whom those...
by Forrest Peterson | Jul 31, 2025 | Words on Paper
Photo: Soil health guru Ray Archuleta holds up a clump of healthy soil at a recent field day in central Minnesota One day at a large craft show we visited the table of a vendor selling a variety of scented candles. One carried the label, ‘Dirt’. I held it to my nose...