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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."

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

A Unique Discovery

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 I was never one of the "cool" kids in school.   When Elvis became popular, I liked Pat Boone.  When my mother bought me some new ...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Are you fed up with TV ads?

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 Many years ago, as I was nearing Law School graduation from Baylor University, the President of the University came to our class to discuss...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Edward R. Murrow, an interesting look back in time

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  Edward R. Murrow            A few years ago, a local library was selling books it no   longer felt it had room for in their collection.  I...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Humor from a 19th Century Vice-president

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     John Nance Garner was the 32nd Vice-president of the United States.  When asked what he thought of serving in that esteemed office, he ...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Have We Forgotten History?

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Recently, a friend sent me an article he thought I would enjoy.  The author of the article is Hugh Hewitt, and his premise is that by neglec...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Advice from Alvin Toffler, with comments from me

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 The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read & write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Last we...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Will AI and GPT Make Writers Obsolete?

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Is GPT Scarier than any of Edgar Allen Poe's Stories?   Recently, I have blogged about my concern for the impact of AI.  Until the recen...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The Problem With Careful Speech--in my opinion

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One of the most valuable freedoms we have is freedom of speech; however, that freedom is being tested as never before.  The internet can not...
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Celebrating the 4th of July...too Late?

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 The annual celebration of the 4th of July is over.  Many of us gathered with family and friends for backyard parties, some traveled to watc...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Six or Nine * A Modern Fable

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Six or Nine  *  A Modern Fable Two people are leaving work and are in a hurry to get home.  They hear a young woman with a megaphone calling...
Thursday, June 22, 2023

Do Traditions Matter Today?

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Christmas at Grandmother's House Does it matter that today many traditions are disappearing?  Before answering that question, it must be...
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Are Traditions Disappearing?

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 Recently I was watching the French Open and was rather appalled to see orange courts!  One of the players was wearing an orange T-shirt nea...
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Books, Movies, and Artificial Intelligence--Just a difference of Technology?

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      A dress and hat the Lost Lady might have worn.      Those of you who have followed this blog know that I love the writing of Willa Cat...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Remembering the Veterans

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Civil War Veteran Aaron Beck      We entrust those we elect to bear the responsibility of careful consideration before sending men and women...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Is AI a tool or a threat?

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Is Artificial Intelligence a positive tool or a threat to humanity? Medical Challenges of Covid,   Art by Lyn Fenwick The pandemic was what ...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Time to yourself?

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 Let me start by admitting what most of you already know:  I haven't considered myself as young for a very long time.  Next, I should te...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Reporters getting it Wrong

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Last week's blog brought a comment I appreciated, so I decided to answer it in this week's blog so everyone could enjoy the conversa...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

How Can You Tell What's True?

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Collection of Powerful Newspaper Editors  We live in a very challenging time.  My father lived nearly his entire life in the house in which ...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

School Dress Codes

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  Remember Flat-Tops and Bobby Socks?  My brother, Class of 1954   Are you old enough to remember the shoulder pads of the 1980s, popularize...
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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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