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Not ‘just another war movie’ – Normandy, new films, and the lessons of World War II

Not ‘just another war movie’ – Normandy, new films, and the lessons of World War II

by Forrest Peterson | Jun 4, 2026 | Words on Paper

Soldiers cast in bronze charge onto sand from Normandy in this D Day exhibit at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, MN. The closest I’ve been to sand on the beaches along the coast of Normandy, France, is visiting the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum D-Day exhibit...
From travel to vagabonding – Exploration, curiosity, charity build human connections

From travel to vagabonding – Exploration, curiosity, charity build human connections

by Forrest Peterson | May 16, 2026 | Words on Paper

Photo: View from the saddle of my motorcycle waiting in traffic somewhere in Europe long ago. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things...
Picture worth a thousand (or more) words – Society’s verbal mainstream can miss genius of visual thinkers like Temple Grandin

Picture worth a thousand (or more) words – Society’s verbal mainstream can miss genius of visual thinkers like Temple Grandin

by Forrest Peterson | Mar 26, 2026 | Words on Paper

Temple Grandin signed her books at a recent conference. Not very often do I feel some emotion while watching a movie. Ironically, it happened recently with a movie about someone whose autism often interfered with emotion and expressions of affection in human...
Babbling book blurbs – Humorous history of glowing adjectives on back covers

Babbling book blurbs – Humorous history of glowing adjectives on back covers

by Forrest Peterson | Dec 4, 2025 | Words on Paper

Bookshelves at A Novel Idea Book Shop in the Middle Fork Café, Willmar, MN. Inset: Miss Belinda Blurb, fictional namesake of the blurbing tradition in the publishing industry. I will be signing books at Middle Fork Café 10 am-noon Saturday, Dec. 6. With three to four...
Where turkeys gobble, bison once grazed – On native prairie bison inspired thanks for physical and spiritual sustenance

Where turkeys gobble, bison once grazed – On native prairie bison inspired thanks for physical and spiritual sustenance

by Forrest Peterson | Nov 28, 2025 | Words on Paper

Bison have the right-of-way across a road through Minneopa State Park near Mankato, MN. Many mornings looking out a back window I enjoy seeing the sunrise glinting across rolling fields rimmed by woodlands. Two hundred years ago and more the landscape was all prairie....
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