by B.L. Unkel | Sep 24, 2022 | History
I think it’s safe to say almost everyone reading this has purchased something from a vending machine at least once in their life. Maybe it was a newspaper, a canned drink, or a candy bar. Whatever it was, the machine dispensed a specific product once you’d paid the...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 17, 2022 | Writing
September is Read a New Book Month. Books are magical, transporting the reader into other worlds, times, careers, and situations they would never otherwise experience. But books wouldn’t be possible without a way to convey this magic. The First Alphabet A book...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 10, 2022 | Everything Else
Going through my National Geographic magazines recently, I stumbled upon an article about armadillos. I thought I knew these “beer-drinking” critters. Turns out, I didn’t. Since my first “Did You Know?” two years ago was an armadillo story, I decided to revisit the...
by B.L. Unkel | Aug 6, 2022 | History
Continuing with the topic of carousels, here’s a little basic “modern” carousel information for you to ponder. DYK it was considered risqué for Victorian women to ride early carousels? Women of that time didn’t sit astride a horse but rode side-saddle. A woman’s...
by B.L. Unkel | Jul 30, 2022 | History
August kicks off fair season in Tennessee. Have you ever wondered about the fair’s carnival rides? I hadn’t. And I certainly didn’t expect what I learned as I researched this particular ride’s history. Horsemanship Training Step back in time to the 1100s when...
