by B.L. Unkel | Nov 14, 2020 | Travel
Have you ever wanted to go back in time to a place you once lived or worked? One year ago tomorrow, just days prior to Dad’s 92nd birthday, my parents and I set off on an eight-day trip through south and west Texas, visiting places Dad had lived as a child or lived...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 18, 2020 | Travel
No, my Did You Know? newsletter hasn’t moved to Fridays. Tomorrow morning, you’ll still receive the advertised and scheduled Did You Know What Happened to the Guam Snails? This is just an unexpected, bonus Did You Know? follow-up. Enjoy! As the saying goes, timing is...
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...