AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 12, 1492, after more than two months at sea, Christopher Columbus and his crew landed in America.
DOUBLE STANDARDS: Similarly, they never talk about needing more diversity in the NFL or the NBA.
EDUCATION: Forty-eight years ago, I took a graduate level education course at Cornell University. The professor, who had a doctorate in education, declared, out loud and in class … as if it was some Confucius level piece of wisdom … that if schools had done their jobs, they would have all closed by now (then). Read that again and think about it, because he clearly never had.
LIFE: I did that to a lobster once. It was so obvious it suffered that I never did it again.
LYING LIARS: Millions of people hate Trump for saying things he never said.
- President Donald Trump said to let Iran “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego during a shocking moment during his Nebraska rally Monday night. Reported @ https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-let-iran-los-003204424.html
- Gov. Gavin Newsom called President Trump “deranged and dangerous” after he suggested letting Iran “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego. Reported @ https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/trump-suggests-allowing-iran-take-out-la-and-san-diego-during-campaign-rally/
PROTESTANT REFORMATION: While rejecting the combined wisdom of more than a millennium of Catholic scholars, Martin Luther decided that he and he alone understood what Jesus had taught. He was furious when the men he had personally taught disagreed with him and went on to found their own denominations.
SYRACUSE: A friend of ours attended the Trump rally last Friday and got this photo as POTUS walked in.
GRAMMY NOTES: The day our realtor took me through this house and I saw it had a willow tree in the back yard, I knew it would be our forever home. We loved that tree, so it was a sad day when we realized it had become a hazard and needed to be cut down. Loathe to lose it altogether, we cooked up a plan to use the bottom of the trunk for what we call Fort Stump.
Our original plan had a rope ladder up the front and a climbing net on the back. Neither of these worked, plus the open railing made the Mamas very nervous. So this summer, we bought a nifty adjustable ladder that is sturdy and safe for the kids, plus will be very handy for home projects. And this fall, Nonno installed a railing on the fourth side. He tightened up the last screws on Sunday, so we’re all set for the next blessed invasion of grandchildren!
