by B.L. Unkel | Jun 8, 2024 | Baking
What do you get when you combine and boil variations of two basic ingredients: sugar and butter? Answer: A sweet treat and sweeter memories. The Beginning Invented in the U.S., this boiled candy’s first confirmed written reference as “taffy” is found in the...
by B.L. Unkel | Jun 1, 2024 | Everything Else
Guardian angels. They protect and guide us. And they can be anyone. “Real ” Guardian Angels When talking about guardian angels, you first must consider the “real” thing. God created them. They don’t face the same physical constraints, like gravity, that humans...
by B.L. Unkel | May 25, 2024 | Holidays
Before Memorial Day, there was . . . Decoration Day The Civil War—the country’s bloodiest military conflict—touched everyone. Between 600,000-800,000 soldiers were killed, their graves scattered across the U.S. Even before the war ended, Northerners and...
by B.L. Unkel | May 18, 2024 | Travel
Have you ever wondered where some Texas towns got their names? Naming a Town First, understand it wasn’t as easy as saying, “Let’s call our town xyz.” Well, it was, but if you wanted a post office, federal postal authorities had to approve your town’s name....
by B.L. Unkel | May 11, 2024 | Everything Else
May 10 was National Shrimp Day. Would it surprise you to learn shrimp is the U.S.’s favorite seafood? Twenty-five percent of all seafood eaten in the U.S. is shrimp. Food History Humans, especially those who lived near the sea, started eating shrimp thousands...
