by Forrest Peterson | Oct 1, 2026 | Words on Paper
Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter at a Habitat for Humanity project in 2015. Photo: Habitat for Humanity. As it sometimes does, the passage of time into history helps remember good things and softens the sting of the bad. You could say this about Jimmy Carter, our 39th...
by Forrest Peterson | Jun 25, 2026 | Words on Paper
The Stone Arch Bridge Festival in Minneapolis drew thousands of people strolling among hundreds of art and craft vendors on a perfect summer solstice day eve. Below the bridge flows the Mississippi River, water that connects people in body and spirit. If you could...
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...
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...
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...
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