by B.L. Unkel | Dec 25, 2020 | Holidays
Before 1223, people mainly celebrated Christmas by going to church. However, priests told the Christmas story in Latin, a language normal people didn’t speak. St. Francis of Assisi wanted a better way to share the miracle of Christ’s birth. With the Pope’s...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 19, 2020 | Travel
Back in 2003, as I prepared to travel to Guam for work, I was told the story I shared in last week’s Did You Know Armadillos Don’t Fair Well In . . . Guam? There is a mention, in information about the Governor, of armadillos being transported to Guam from Texas—but...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 11, 2020 | History
More than half a century ago, a Texan was appointed governor of the U.S. Territory of Guam. The island faced a number of problems, one being how to deal with crop-destroying snails. The man the governor had appointed as his Agricultural Secretary, a friend and fellow...
