by B.L. Unkel | Jun 14, 2025 | Writing
As I researched last week’s Did You Know “Urban” Is More Than A Metropolitan Area?, I couldn’t help but remember a story Dad told about following instructions. Dad 1 – Teacher 0 One time when he was in Junior High, Dad’s whole class got in trouble. To punish...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 7, 2025 | Writing
Coming from a family of teachers, it’s not unusual to hear my nieces tell funny stories about something their students did or said. School may be out for the summer, but the stories continue. The Word Recently, one of my nieces told me a story about a couple of...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 26, 2025 | History
Last year I took Mom to get her driver’s license renewed. Everything was going fine until they tried to scan her thumb prints. Over the years, the thumb print on her dominant hand has been worn away. Erased. No matter how many times they tried, the machine was unable...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 15, 2025 | Travel
With spring break just around the corner, and summer not far behind that, people are beginning to think about traveling. The Problem When I was 23, I traveled overseas alone for the first time. Thanks to the research and planning I did before leaving, my trip...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 4, 2025 | Writing
2024 is over, and we’ve entered a brand-new year. Did you set goals for 2025? I did, but I’m doing things a little differently this year. The Review Before setting 2025 writing goals, I first reviewed the ones I set last year. Like 2023, many of my 2024 writing...
