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Exterior View of Nora's Window on Library Photo credit:  Larry D. Fenwick Having decided to honor their daughter Nora E. Larabee with th...

Tuberculosis had no regard for wealth.  It struck the rich and famous, as well as the poor and working classes.  For a time, it was the lead...

The Nora E. Larabee Window It is always dangerous to make assumptions, and I had mistakenly assumed for years that the beautiful library in ...

(c) Jerry Pinkney   Those of you who regularly follow my blog know that I love illustrated children's books, and this blog shares a stor...

 One of my favorite bloggers is Maria Popova, who often guides me to overlooked books published in the past.  A recent blog post at "Br...

I was raised to be thrifty. In past blogs I shared my father's habit of carefully using a letter opener, going around the entire envelo...

My husband and I were watching CBS Sunday Morning, as we often do, and one of the guests was Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize Winner, bi...

 I have found it difficult to compose this week's blog post and I apologize for the late posting.  It has been a tragic time for our nat...

Isaac Werner's Homestead Claim Today It will come as no surprise to those of you who follow my blog that I love Willa Cather.  She was n...

Photo credit:  Lyn Fenwick I know that Christmas letters are often the butt of jokes, but they would not be if they were all written by our ...

 The challenges of Covid-19 have reminded  us just how important friends are.  I am certainly appreciative of my friends, made so visible by...

A simple sod house in early Kansas. When my husband and I returned to Kansas in retirement and rescued the old homestead that had been vacan...

 On December 1, 2020 the Fort Hays State University Foundation, Alumni Association, and Forsyth Library hosted a zoom book launch for my boo...

The illustrations of Norman Rockwell captured American traditions so perfectly that they continue to resonate with us today, but Thanksgivin...

For many of us--limiting or cancelling things that take us from our homes and eliminating most social occasions--the days begin to blur and ...

  One of the followers of this blog commented on how seeing Isaac Werner's signature moved her, bringing him to life in a way that his t...