by B.L. Unkel | Feb 25, 2023 | History
A few days ago, the U.S. celebrated Presidents’ Day. Here are some things you may not know about the men who held that office. Sports I’m a football fan. So to learn the sport was almost banned because of its violence, surprised me. If you think the game is...
by B.L. Unkel | Feb 17, 2023 | Writing
Music is powerful. Gangs Back in June of 2006, Australia had a problem with youth gangs congregating in residential areas late at night. Officials thought outside the box and delivered a unique solution. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights, from 9 P.M. to...
by B.L. Unkel | Jan 14, 2023 | Travel
On one side of the coin, thousands of people make their living helping people move. On the other side are those of us who are doing the moving. If you’re on the “doing the moving” side (like I am), you know it’s a difficult and expensive task. Yet, the average...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 17, 2022 | Baking
Time for more Butter trivia. “Modern” History As mentioned in last week’s, Did You Know No Mummy Would Be Caught Dead Without Butter?, until the nineteenth century, butter was produced by hand-churning only. The first butter production factories...
by B.L. Unkel | Dec 10, 2022 | History
How much do you know about butter? Probably not as much as you think. Butter Contrary to popular belief by the young, butter doesn’t just magically appear on store shelves. It’s a dairy product produced by churning fresh—from real animals, usually cows—milk or...