“Without labor nothing prospers.” (Sophocles) I remember when Labor Day used to be about labor, giving the working stiff a day off (sometimes with pay). Now, it’s just another of the 3-day weekends. Maybe it should be a time for giving thanks for those who make life easier for us because of what they do…Help me make a list from A to Z: Airplane pilot,….Zuchinni grower. New technology changes the job market, but we’ll always need the old working stiff. ;-) Jack
FROM RS IN TEXAS: Pastor....who rarely really gets a day off......and impacts so many lives. Thanks for all you did...and do. Counselor (Gloria's job). Like a pastor in the sense that hears a lot about trouble, turmoil and challenges.....and probably appreciates those times when all around her is peaceful. ===JACK: I'm going to try and keep track of those who make my life easier today.
FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: It was always a big fun day at our house. We’d have all our family together, at least 40-50 family members, with tons of kids, would have a picnic. The Detroit Tigers’ game would be on the radio. A rambunctious baseball game with everyone who wanted to play would be on the team, and the bases were pine trees by dad had planted for just that reason. Of course, if you decided to slide into the bases it would cost you in pine needles. Some would be playing horseshoes, the ladies would be under the fruit trees picking apples, cherries and several kinds of plums. We had grape ready for picking, corn and just able any veggie you could want.
We’d have an enormous meal...sometimes two. The little ones would
nap in play pens under the trees. Actually, it looked like a Norman Rockwell painting.===JACK: My favorite Rockwell painting is "Saying Grace" (1951) which depicts an older woman and a young boy saying grace in a crowded restaurant while being observed by other people. It was sold at auction for $46 million.
FROM SHALOM JAN: Reading an article in TIME magazine that says most "tip-earning" jobs have not had a base pay raise since 1996 when a federal bill went into effect that froze the minimum wage for tip-earners at $2.13 per hour. Tip generously, folks! The life you save may be the waiter's child! ===JACK: When i came to serve my first congregation it was the custom at Christmastime for the pastor to stand at the front of the church by a table with a basket on it. Members of the church would pass by and place a Christmas card (with a gift inside), in the basket. They shook my hand said "thank you" to me. The custom ended after that. It felt as though I was getting a tip in addition to my salary.
FROM STARRY KNIGHT: M is for Music teacher.===JACK: and Mother, too!
FROM AMcC: All work is good. Work. " Thank God for the might of it; the ardor , the urge, the delight of it."
FROM SHALOM JAN: Reading an article in TIME magazine that says most "tip-earning" jobs have not had a base pay raise since 1996 when a federal bill went into effect that froze the minimum wage for tip-earners at $2.13 per hour. Tip generously, folks! The life you save may be the waiter's child! ===JACK: When i came to serve my first congregation it was the custom at Christmastime for the pastor to stand at the front of the church by a table with a basket on it. Members of the church would pass by and place a Christmas card (with a gift inside), in the basket. They shook my hand said "thank you" to me. The custom ended after that. It felt as though I was getting a tip in addition to my salary.
FROM STARRY KNIGHT: M is for Music teacher.===JACK: and Mother, too!
FROM AMcC: All work is good. Work. " Thank God for the might of it; the ardor , the urge, the delight of it."
Taught to us in grade school during
the depression. True , isn't it.======JACK: I got my first job at age 5, going door to door in the neighborhood selling the Saturday Evening Post for 5 cents.
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