by B.L. Unkel | Jan 21, 2023 | Everything Else
Up until recently, I believed the hardest thing about moving was the purging and packing. I was wrong. Yes, purging and packing are hard, but for me, saying goodbye to friends and neighbors was even harder. I don’t know if it was due to the number of years I spent in...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 14, 2023 | Travel
On one side of the coin, thousands of people make their living helping people move. On the other side are those of us who are doing the moving. If you’re on the “doing the moving” side (like I am), you know it’s a difficult and expensive task. Yet, the average...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 7, 2023 | History
Nashville, much less Tennessee in general, is rich with interesting history. Just look at the old Maxwell House Hotel. (If you read Did You Know This Coffee Empire Began When a Traveling Salesman Walked Into This Hotel?, you know Maxwell House Coffee was named after...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 31, 2022 | Holidays
A friend recently said, “God, it occurs to me, is a lot like Tetris. He nudged and shifted all the pieces of your life until they fit together again just so.” The Game For those of you who don’t know what my friend was referring to, Tetris is an electronic game...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 24, 2022 | Holidays
Christmas. As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” and the “Happiest season of all.” Gifts Christmas is about giving, but it’s more than an exchange of brightly wrapped presents, whether bought or made. The best Christmas gifts can’t be...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 17, 2022 | Baking
Time for more Butter trivia. “Modern” History As mentioned in last week’s, Did You Know No Mummy Would Be Caught Dead Without Butter?, until the nineteenth century, butter was produced by hand-churning only. The first butter production factories...
