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 | Nov 26, 2022 | History
Today Dad turns ninety-five. He’s seen a lot of change during those years. It wasn’t always for the best, either. The “Old” Days Dad often talks about visiting his grandparents’ Tennessee farm as a child. He went most summers. He and his cousins played...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 5, 2022 | Baking
National Candy Day is celebrated on November 4. Did you know… The word candy first showed up in the English language in the late 13th century. It came from the French cucre candi, which came from the Persian’s Qand and Qandi, meaning cane sugar. America saw candy made...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 29, 2022 | Everything Else
With Halloween fast approaching and October being National Family History month, it’s time for a family ghost story. The Tradition My paternal grandmother’s family lived in a small Middle Tennessee town. Annual visits to see her family were well established by...
by B.L. Unkel | Oct 22, 2022 | History
Some people don’t like history because they see it as a bunch of dates they had to memorize in school. Others believe history, being in the past, is not relevant to the present. But the past doesn’t have to mean the distant past, and certain pieces of information are...
