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Sharing history and news about my books, most recently "Prairie Bachelor" and a new manuscript under review, "Footprints on the Prairie."

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Thinking of Others

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Two years before the Vaccine.  In a 1955 interview, Dr Jonas Salk was asked who owned the patent for his polio vaccine.  It was the same day...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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 Several years ago, my husband and I attended a party.  The hosts collect art, primarily paintings, but we noticed a small figure of a woman...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

An Important Vote

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Recently we had dinner with dear friends, and I was asked about the upcoming election on August 4th, 2026, to determine whether the way in w...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

How Can I Decide?

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 Just think about how difficult it might have been in the time of Washington to wisely select for whom to vote.  Washington himself warned a...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

A Reflection on Changes

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  After WW II America changed. Foremost may have been the population burst, the result of returning soldiers eager to start families, and ma...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

The Meaning of Charactor

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 The meaning of character has evolved significantly over time, from a distinctive indelible stamp of a person's soul to a more flued cus...
Thursday, July 2, 2026

Reckless or Careless

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Recently a young woman was thrown to her death when the attachment of the bungee cord was carelessly overlooked.  This blog is not about the...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

To comment on a reader's post

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 I believe it is important that people of all perspectives post comments to my blogs.  The only ones I delete are the ones who try to sneak ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

How to Teach Constitution History

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Not long ago we attended a lecture on teaching the Constitution by one of the book's authors.  The Forward of the book was written by Ju...
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Friday, June 19, 2026

To answer a readers Question

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 The drilling is taking place in the Great Plains Industrial Park in Parsons, Kansas.  
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Going Underground in Kansas

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I saved a clipping about Kansas getting the world's first mile-deep nuclear reactor and have continued to watch for recent news about th...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Baking with the Best--and a little humor.

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       Every Christmas, and often Thanksgiving, I bake a pumpkin bread that is wonderful!  I do not remember the first time I made it, but i...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Celebrating 250 Years

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The responsibilities of the America Constitution.   Sadly, for many of us, the American Constitution is taken for granted.  However, it is a...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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 Remember Memorial Day When families came to place flowers on graves and veterans marched in carrying the flag, the High School band marched...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Respect for our Presidents and the Arts

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 When I was a senior in High School, I saw an ad in a magazine for learning how to draw.  I sent the request for information.  To my surpris...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Are Norms Important?

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 I have blogged about norms before, common examples of customs, courtesies, etiquette, and traditions, all of which play an important role i...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The Book Stores I Miss.

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My weakness has long been books.  I think the explanation goes back to my childhood.  My parents were wonderful about taking me to the libra...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Is the Current Health of our Presidents Adequately known?

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 This blog is not intended to answer the title question, although I do think it is an important question to consider.  My research uncovered...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Have you given this enough thought?

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  Do we know enough to do what we are doing? Do you remember as a child hearing one of your parents saying to you "Do you think you hav...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Teaching Our Children

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It depends on what we teach them What are we teaching our children when commercials often disrespect parents or parents disrespect children?...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Summer Time and Books!

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 The trees are budding as I look out the window, a sign that summer and kids at home are not far away.  Do kids still look forward to findin...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Is Truth a Big Deal?

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 I hope that most people would agree that truth is a Big Deal.  Over the years I have blogged about the significance of telling the truth, f...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

What did the Presidents Say?

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  As many of you know, I enjoy reflecting on brief quotes.  Often, they make me reflect more deeply than a long speech.  This week quotes ha...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Looking Backward to Understand the Present

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Most of you know that I often consult the wisdom of the Founding Fathers, and once again I seek their prospective.  In the process of gainin...
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Visit Lynda Beck Fenwick on facebook. Author: "Prairie Bachelor, The Story of a Kansas Homesteader and the Populist Movement," chosen as a Kansas Notable Book, 2021; "Should the Children Pray? A Historical, Judicial and Political Examination of Public School Prayer"; Selected as Georgia Author of the Year for Nonfiction; "Private Choices, Public Consequences, Reproductive Technology and the New Ethics of Conception, Pregnancy, and Family"; Short Story "The Woman Who Loved Atticus" award winner in Texas Bar Journal June 2010; Author Pages, Lynda Beck Fenwick at amazon.com; My biography can be found at https://lynfenwick.com
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