by Forrest Peterson | Jan 8, 2026 | Words on Paper
Does anyone remember Cassidy Hutchinson, the government employee who told the truth about things happening or not happening at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021? The title of Cassidy Hutchinson’s book, Enough, is even more resounding today than when it was published in...
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....
by Forrest Peterson | Nov 20, 2025 | Words on Paper
Fishing at the confluence of the Minnesota River (left) and Yellow Medicine River. Superimpose a map of major rivers in the U.S. over a map showing states, colored red or blue according to election results. The Mississippi begins in northern Minnesota (blue), flows...
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...
by Forrest Peterson | Apr 16, 2025 | Words on Paper
Photo: Solar panel and climbing wall at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center’s Earth Day event. What is limnology? The question came from an audience member at the weekly lunch meeting of a local service club. I was the guest speaker representing my employer at...