Use good, fresh corn for this.

Clean your ear of corn of all husks and strings.

Tear a square of Wax Paper large enough to wrap around the ear of corn twice (or a little more). Do noy use plastic wrap or aluminum foil.

Place the ear in the center of the wax paper, then butter the corn.

Roll the corn in the wax paper and twist the ends of the paper to form a sealed package.

Microwave the corn according to your oven's instructions. You may have to adjust your time. In my oven I use eight minutes for one ear,

If you use the commercial microwave steamer bags (Glad or Ziploc), these work as well as the wax paper.

Enjoy your corn.

Today, November 30, is Mom's 84th birthday.

Her life's adventure began in Graham, Texas in 1924. Her Dad was a master carpenter; her Mom was a housewife. Her family moved to Dallas in time for her to start school. She graduated Sunset High School in Dallas. During her high school years, she met Howard Busby at Bethel Temple AOG. (Howard attended Woodrow Wilson HS.) They married on March 11, 1945 at Bethel Temple, with the reception following at the home of the 

   groom's parents. Howard was an Ensign, Supply Corps, USNR. Their adventure together included living in Cleveland OH, Boston MA, and Dallas TX. They had two sons, Gerald (me) and my brother Douglas who lives with his wife and descendants in Redding CA.Mom and Dad remained together until Dad's death on May 5, 2001. She joined him on Mar 12, 2007. They remained in love and adventuresome their entire life together, with a second home in Santa Fe NM, and some kind of day trip in the Northeast Texas area every Sunday. They are interred in the DFW National Cemetery.

I love them both, and miss them very much.

experience. I had two years of the best technical training available to me (Data Systems Technical School at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo CA) followed by 1.5 years aboard the USS Cadmus AR-14, a repair ship homeported at Newport RI. My last 3.5 years was aboard the USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42, an aircraft carrier homeported at Mayport FL.
 
There were good points (invaluable work experience and travel) and bad points (too much time away from home).I've been to Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. I've visited Barcelona, Cannes, Naples, Rome, and Athens.
 
I was privileged to have friends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Texas, from Philadelphia and from the Watts section of Los Angeles.
 
I served with Officers, both good and bad, and senior petty officers, both good and bad, and junior enlisted, both good and bad.
 
I miss the Navy, and I don't miss the Navy. My computer is set up to indicate the passage of the watches by ringing the Ship's Bell every half hour. A Bugler sounds Reveille, Morning Colors, Evening Colors, and Taps.
 
I am proud to have served with my fellow sailors during the Viet Nam era (1968-1975), with the Marines that we had on board the FDR, and to know men from all of the services that I have met since my discharge. There is something special about the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces.
 
To all of you: Fair Winds and Following Seas.
 
Gerald L Busby DS1 USN