by Forrest Peterson | Jun 11, 2026 | Words on Paper
A carpet of corn covers a field behind our house in central Minnesota. In late spring, seeing new crops in fields and gardens, if you wait long enough it seems as if you can almost see the corn and soybeans sprouting from the soil. Nature doing what it always does,...
by Forrest Peterson | Apr 9, 2026 | Words on Paper
This is an update of my first post Aug. 31, 2024, experimenting with Substack, and no subscribers. If not prophetic, it’s at least worth repeating as we witness what we hope is the unravelling of what may be America’s first Postmodern presidency. Photo: May 25, 2025...
by Forrest Peterson | Apr 2, 2026 | Words on Paper
Sheep in Sweden. Credit: Panek on Wikimedia Commons. My grandmother once tried to teach some of her grandchildren Swedish, at least a few words. I don’t recall any, and I remain completely baffled while meandering through IKEA. Seeing the products at least you can...
by Forrest Peterson | Mar 12, 2026 | Words on Paper
A woman feeds cats in Laleh Park in Tehran. Credit: ZarlokX, a Wikimedia Commons contributor. The name of the park in Tehran caught my attention, Laleh Park. It appears in the second paragraph of a November 2015 Time magazine article by Karl Vick entitled “Iran 2025 –...
by Forrest Peterson | Feb 25, 2026 | Words on Paper
Faust and Mephistopheles, 1827, oil on canvas, by Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863). In his epic work, “Faust,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, portrays Faust’s ‘pact with the devil’. At our Sunday church service following Ash Wednesday, during communion congregants could...
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