by Forrest Peterson | Jul 23, 2026 | Words on Paper
Left: Hokey Pokey caramel corn, $9.98 per pound. Right: Penguin Books cover of “The Jungle,” 1906 novel by Upton Sinclair. Grocery shopping the other day I succumbed to an impulse purchase. Just before checking out, a 15-oz. bag of Hokey Pokey Caramel Corn was calling...
by Forrest Peterson | May 28, 2026 | Words on Paper
Start of Minneapolis Get In Gear in April 2023. Throughout my office job years, during lunch on most days I changed into running gear and jogged three or four miles. Whenever I took some heat for extending the lunch hour, I replied saying that’s when I did my best...
by Forrest Peterson | Aug 28, 2025 | Words on Paper
‘Walk and Roll’ group Aug. 24 at Battle Creek Park, Maplewood, MN. Photo: Zacharey Chopek, GBS-CDIP Foundation International Anyone wandering through Battle Creek Park in Maplewood, MN, Sunday, Aug. 24, may have seen about 80 people walking in a group, some carrying...
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 | Jun 26, 2025 | Words on Paper
2023 Grandma’s Marathon, Duluth News-Tribune photo If all the troubles in life and in the world today make you want to run, then run. Literally, run, walk, jog, roll, swim, or engage in any regular physical activity that boosts your heart rate and launches endorphins....
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