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Although Isaac Werner did not have a television or the internet, he too was bombarded with political rhetoric during presidential campaig...

Birger Sandzen's "The Bridge" Those of you who follow my blog will recognize the painting at left, for it was previously ...

I just discovered that September 25-October 1 is Banned Books Week.  I thought that was interesting, since this week's blog features t...

Reading Oz in Macksville Grade School Library Whatever the cost of our libraries the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nat...

Ad from County Capital The ad at right is from the County Capital published in St. John, KS.  Isaac B. Werner subscribed to that newspa...

Painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1900 Ask people to quote the opening words of America's Constitution, and at least some of the...

Once "We the People" had declared our intention to "form a more perfect union," the Constitution needed to describe how...

Constitution of the United States Because I am writing a manuscript about a homesteader and his community actively involved in a politi...

From my Calla Book Collection Brevity  is one of the writing blogs I occasionally follow, and a post titled "Turning the Tables:  ...

Political cartoon from the  County Capital On August 12, 1898 representatives of the United States signed a peace protocol with Spanish...

District 70 School, Stafford County, KS Because early settlers valued the importance of education, providing schools for their children...

When we first came back to the farm as part-time residents, we celebrated with a pot luck dinner on the lawn.  I didn't think it was ...

When we first returned to the farm, we were told that since skunks are nocturnal animals, seeing a skunk in the daytime is an indication ...

It is a dark, damp, windy morning at the farm, but I had a fabulous post ready to send.  I clicked "publish" as I always do, and t...

Neelands and Spensers on front porch I know that I have procrastinated so long that many of you may have thought I would never really g...