by B.L. Unkel | May 24, 2025 | Everything Else
Recently, I had to buy a new pair of shoes. As I started researching, trying to decide what I wanted, I came across an interesting post about feet. That put me into research mode, and the results just begged to be featured in a DYK. The Foot Did you know a...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 26, 2025 | History
Last year I took Mom to get her driver’s license renewed. Everything was going fine until they tried to scan her thumb prints. Over the years, the thumb print on her dominant hand has been worn away. Erased. No matter how many times they tried, the machine was unable...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 12, 2025 | Everything Else
Recently a friend sent me photos she’d taken on a Galveston beach. The focal point was a white rainbow, shimmering in January’s late afternoon fog. Have you ever seen a white rainbow? I hadn’t. I’d never even heard of it. Rainbows We’ve all seen rainbows. Some...
by B.L. Unkel | Apr 5, 2025 | Travel
If you take a trip to Lower Manhattan in New York City, you’ll find an eight-block-long street in the Financial District called Wall Street. But before Wall Street became synonymous with the financial markets, it was just a road. The History In 1624, the Dutch...
by B.L. Unkel | Mar 22, 2025 | Travel
If you’ve seen the 2004 movie National Treasure, you’re familiar with Trinity Church. For more than 325 years this historic Episcopal church has served the people of New York City (NYC), especially those in Lower Manhattan where it all began. The Buildings The...
