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 19, 2022 | Baking
With the holidays fast approaching, so too are pies, cookies, and candy. And the one thing they all have in common? Sugar. History While all green plants make sugar, only sugar beets and sugarcane make enough for extraction to be practical. The knowledge and...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 12, 2022 | Writing
What do you do when you overhear a murderer talking about the murder she committed? Not a question most of us have ever had to consider, but that’s exactly the situation I found myself in several years ago while vacationing in England. Setting the Scene I’d...
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...
