Beneath the Wraps

                Roland brought some corn into the house the other day.   He had picked it from our garden.   I took pictures of the produce and went out to the garden to take pictures of each bed and started a post on the progress (or lack thereof) of our garden.   I stopped my thought flow around 2:30 as Jenna gets home from school between 2:30 and 2:45 and wanted to be in the front room to greet her when she returned.             She asked if I could drive her to the youth center which she hasn't gone to for over a year.   I knew   I would have to fill out paperwork as the center requires that the information be updated each year.   It appears that the paperwork packet increases in size each year.   This year felt like a small book.             Roland and ...

The attack on Pearl Harbor was devastating.   A surprise military attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941. The base was attacked by 360 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,300 Americans were killed and another 1,000 were wounded(from Trivia Today )  Jenna had a first grade teacher that I'm sure must have mentioned it - though not in detail.   Jenna obviously hadn't stored it into her memory and appeared to be experiencing a dyslexic moment as she read the card.   She was eight at the time we were playing a game with my mom (which I have mentioned here )   It wasn't her intention to be disrespectful.   She hadn't realized the errors of her ways un...