One of my favorite memories as a kid was jumping into a pool as I curl up into a ball and yelling ‘Cannon ball’!

It so happens that a picture of a tall tower appeared on my amazon screen and my dad and I were theorizing about the function of the tower. I offered up that it was used to shape cannonballs.

He mentioned that when he grew up in Baltimore, there were many such towers used for making artillery. Which then started the debate on whether it was for cannonballs or something else.

When he returned home, he looked it up. Turns out the towers were used to make shot, not cannon balls.

Ah, well, I’ll still keep saying cannon ball, because shot doesn’t have the same impact.

Until next time, stay healthy.