I’m not the biggest fan of cold case murder mysteries, but now and then, I get drawn in. This week police announced that they had solved some long-forgotten murder cases from the 1980s. Once again, DNA evidence helped bring peace to some families…
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I love potatoes. I don’t care if they’re mashed or fried, served as tots or hash browns. They’re one of those foods I’ve been eating since I was a baby. They’re not something I think about very much. But I saw some potato trivia recently that blew my mind…
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Most of the U.S. moved our clocks forward last weekend, and the time change is still causing sleep issues for many. Making Daylight Saving Time a permanent fixture is something that many people want. This week, the Senate approved legislation to do just that. I remember the last time we tried that back in the…
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Every family has its stories, secrets, and forgotten details. Years ago, I heard that one of my great uncles was missing in action during World War II, never to be found. It was just a story told in passing, and I honestly hadn’t thought much about it for decades. That all changed over the weekend…
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Education has been a hot topic for discussion in recent years. And teaching history has become a hot-button issue for many. But there’s only one thing that we can all agree on; For every year we live, we add more history. Who determines what we teach and how much of it we teach? No one…
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Valentine’s Day is here once again. And many people will celebrate with chocolate. That makes perfect sense; who doesn’t love it? But how and when did chocolate get associated with this Hallmark holiday in the first place? There’s no simple answer. Some think the tradition goes back hundreds of years…
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I know that I’ve talked before about my love of studying the past. And as much as we want and need to look forward, I think we need to try to hold on to history a bit more than what we do. To improve the future of our world, we need to both study and…
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Yesterday I was discussing my interest in copycat recipes. So, of course, that got me wondering about the origins of the word copycat. I’ve heard it used forever, but it’s never made sense why we say, copycat. What does it have to do with cats? Of course, I had to find out…
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Stonehenge is one of the most famous landmarks in England, if not the world. And anyone who has ever visited speaks in amazement. For years researchers have wondered so many things about the monument…
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As we get older, sometimes it’s tough to remember the details of many things. But I can close my eyes and give you nearly every detail of of my day at work 18 years ago. I think most of us who were alive then, can do the same…
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