by B.L. Unkel | Feb 20, 2021 | History
As an author, I work with words. But until I moved to Tennessee, I never thought about the history of words. I simply accepted their definition at face value. Morning Meal The way some words developed is easy to understand if you think about it. For example, take the...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 30, 2021 | History
According to www.dictionary.com, Pronunciation “is the act or result of producing the sounds of speech, including articulation, stress, and intonation, often with reference to some standard of correctness or acceptability.” But who decides what is correct? In one...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 23, 2021 | History
How many of you are familiar with the use of essential oils? It’s become big business in the past decade or so. Most oils are named after the plant from which they are distilled. However, in some cases, where a number of base oils are used to create a blend, another...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 21, 2020 | History
Although it’s only a myth, you’ve heard the story of how George Washington chopped down the cherry tree, right? Well, according to one of my nieces—who, admittedly, was very young at the time—ol’ George was not the culprit. I don’t recall the reason why we questioned...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 31, 2020 | History
Have you ever visited a cemetery and just walked around reading the headstones? If you know what to look for, they can tell you a story. First—and most obvious—what is written on the headstone? Is there more than just the person’s name, birth, and death dates? Next,...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 24, 2020 | History
One of my favorite cemeteries in the Nashville area is the Nashville City Cemetery. It’s the “oldest continuously operated public cemetery in Nashville.”1 It opened on January 1, 1822, and by 1850 contained over 11,000 graves of people from every race, religion, and...
