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 | May 15, 2025 | Words on Paper
The march of time becomes sobering with 80 years passing since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp near Dachau in southern Germany, and 50 years since my wife and I visited it in the mid-1970s. This past May 4 a memorial event at Dachau noted – celebrated...