Beneath the Wraps

                 Every essay needs a thesis statement, at least three body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.  Jenna is now taking an English based on writing letters to solicit scholarship funds.  Her first theme currently is “Beat the Odds Scholarship”.  I looked over her first rough draft and we changed some of it.  It’s still not perfect but we knew that going in.  One of the suggestions that her instructor has was that she should focus on overcoming disabilities or hardships that affected her life.   Jenna’s only comment was the pandemic which is definitely NOT a personal struggle.   It is still a struggle nonetheless – and the only one that either of us can think of.           The fact that Roland and I are college graduates has already kept Jenna from the summer program that at least one of her friends had gone to this year.   Our family way of life...

                Serena asked if I would write a news article about the library. She sent over some ideas of what was wanted and asked if I could do it in 100sh words.   That's not a lot of words.   I could easily do more than 1000.   I did over 400 and just barely scratched the service.   I have not heard back from her.                 I enjoyed the first economy class that I took several times more than the current class I'm taking.   To give my readers an idea of how foreign this subject is to me, let me share with you the discussion and assignment topics:     Explain why you think the Federal Reserve Bank tracks M1 and M2.   OR   List and explain each of the three traditional tools the central bank has for controlling the money supply. Which is the most popular? Why?; Now with thes...

          During our winter break from school, students had the option of participating in a discussion on a Winter-what-you-doin' course - I guess you could call it that.   Students were not required to participate -   it was just an option to earn prizes.   I participated just for fun.   I didn't have any other classes.           This summer the school is offering another "fun" participation with a course called "Road Trip" which I thought I'd be interested in learning more about, but had totally put it out of my head the week we had returned to Salt Lake City.   On the day of the funeral my alarm went off.   "Road Trip" appeared on my screen.   I didn't understand why my alarm had gone off to remind me that I was on a road trip (keep in mind   that I had lost a tremendous amount of sleep by then)           Before we got...