by B.L. Unkel | Apr 24, 2021 | History
Have you ever heard of a Courting Candle? I hadn’t. Not until a recent visit to a local museum. According to the museum’s exhibit, a father used a courting candle to limit the length of time a suitor could spend with his daughter. When the candle burned down to the...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 10, 2021 | History
Honey is a sweet treat produced by honeybees and is loved by bears and humans alike, right? So what else is there to know? Quite a lot, actually. In fact, there’s too much to write in just one “Did You Know?” (DYK). Even sharing only the most interesting highlights, I...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 3, 2021 | History
With spring flowers popping up everywhere, and the use of honey in several recipes I’ve recently tried, I found myself thinking about honeybees. Did you know honeybees are not native to North America? I didn’t. European settlers brought them here in the 1620s. Prior...
by B.L. Unkel | Mar 27, 2021 | Travel
Memory and Senses According to the scientific community, the sense of smell is the sense most strongly linked to memory. Is that true for you? For me, the strongest link is hearing. Certain songs whisk me away in the blink of an eye. Taste will produce a few memories,...
by B.L. Unkel | Mar 20, 2021 | Baking
In January, I suggested you check your family recipes to make sure they weren’t missing any directions and/or ingredient measurements. (Did You Know Recipes Are Like Puzzles?) In the past, mothers taught their daughters to cook, passing on family recipes through...
