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...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 3, 2022 | Everything Else
In the last two centuries, the world has welcomed many important inventions. But today our lives are almost completely ruled by one. The telephone. History Telephones have come a long way since the construction of that first telephone line in 1877-78. Three...
by B.L. Unkel | Jul 16, 2022 | Baking
Once upon a time, after all their children had left the nest, my parents opened their home to Jeff, a college student who had been hired as the church’s summer youth director. He was a nice young man, and they enjoyed getting to know him. But as summers tend to do, it...
by B.L. Unkel | Jul 9, 2022 | History
Teddy bears have been an integral part of childhood for more than one hundred years. It’s hard to imagine life without them. So how did it all begin? The President…and the Bear President Theodore Roosevelt was a big game hunter. In 1902, he traveled to...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 25, 2022 | Everything Else
Have you ever been so tired you couldn’t think straight? That was me last week as I made the final push to put my house on the market. I hated to miss writing my weekly Did You Know? but it couldn’t be helped. My brain just wouldn’t cooperate. I couldn’t think of...
