Author Archives: annodomini
18 Nov 1942 – Letter from Dad to Mom
Letter or Postcard – Letter Sender – Ralph Peterson Recipient – Phyllis Grant Postmark Place – Green Bay, Wisconsin Postmark Date – 18 Nov 1942 Letter Date – 17 Nov 1942 Text: Dearest Sweetheart, I got your letter and was … Continue reading
18 Feb 1943 – Postcard from Dad to Mom
Letter or Postcard – Postcard Sender – Ralph Peterson Recipient – Phyllis Peterson Postmark Place – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Postmark Date – 18 Feb 1943 Text: ? Sweetheart, Well I had a little time off in Milwaukee so I [?] I … Continue reading
11 Nov 1942 – Postcard from Dad to Mom
Letter or Postcard – Postcard Sender – Ralph Peterson Recipient – Phyllis Grant Postmark Place – Green Bay, Wisconsin Postmark Date – 11 Nov 1942 Text: Dear Phyllis, Well I got back here all right at a quarter to eleven. … Continue reading
New Project
I am starting a new project, or new in the sense that I actually started work on it. When my Mom passed away in May 1997 I became custodian of the letters she and my Dad exchanged during World War … Continue reading
Facebook Redux and More PHP
A lot has happened since we last spoke. I was all gung-ho over using Facebook to try and build traffic to www.the-althing.com, but then I hit something of a brick wall. Actually a huge brick wall. My plan was to … Continue reading
A Facebook Weekend
Some time back I had established a page for the-althing.com on Facebook. I routed these blog postings to that feed, and I systematically went through all of the places featured on the thang, checked if they had a FB page, … Continue reading
Stop Fugiting, You Damn Tempus!
It has been almost two years since I posted anything on the Althing blog. Shame on me. Of course I have my candy ass excuses, but I will spare you. No I won’t. Since my last posting I went through … Continue reading
Hoping
Life is good. I’m doing a job I love, and one of the things I love about it is not driving 150 miles round trip daily. This has freed up a massive amount of time, which is a wonderful thing. … Continue reading
The a-Store
Grant watches “Go, Diego, Go” from time to time, sometimes in great back-to-back binges if allowed. The theme music is so ingrained in my head that I, in typical Peterson fashion, have written new, borderline filthy lyrics. I sing them … Continue reading
The Latest
One of the benefits of the move to Tallahassee has been the gift of time. I have now used that time to put into action some of the plans I’ve had for The Althing. The Movie page has been updated … Continue reading