by B.L. Unkel | Jun 14, 2025 | Writing
As I researched last week’s Did You Know “Urban” Is More Than A Metropolitan Area?, I couldn’t help but remember a story Dad told about following instructions. Dad 1 – Teacher 0 One time when he was in Junior High, Dad’s whole class got in trouble. To punish...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 7, 2025 | Writing
Coming from a family of teachers, it’s not unusual to hear my nieces tell funny stories about something their students did or said. School may be out for the summer, but the stories continue. The Word Recently, one of my nieces told me a story about a couple of...
by B.L. Unkel | May 31, 2025 | Everything Else
When I was researching Fogbows for Did You Know a Ghost Rainbow Isn’t Just for Ghosts? I made several surprising discoveries about rainbows. I didn’t have room to share all my findings in that DYK, so I decided to write another one. Circular and Fogbow Rainbows...
by B.L. Unkel | May 10, 2025 | Did You Know?
Since last week, we’ve seen hummingbirds more regularly at our feeder. Perfect timing—on their part—as this is the rest-of-the-story DYK about hummingbirds. Physical Traits Hummingbirds have extraordinary senses and incredible flight skills. But one of its most...
by B.L. Unkel | May 3, 2025 | Everything Else
A couple of weeks ago, Mom and I saw our first (and so far, only) hummingbird of the year. They’re such interesting little birds; I thought it would be fun to learn more about them. Who Are They The small birds we call hummingbirds all live in North, Central,...