Come, labor on

by chuckofish

Daughter #1, Mr. Smith and I are off to the Prairie this morning. Hopefully the traffic will not be too bad on this Labor Day weekend. Prayers for travel mercies are much appreciated!

Ready to hit the road!

Happy Labor Day–the day I salute the men who do the work that women do not want–the men who pick up your trash, and fix the roads, who are plumbers and electricians, who mine the coal and fix our cars and fight the wars and protect the streets. The ones who stop on the highway and pull people out of burning cars. I thank you.

“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”
― Thomas A. Edison

Come, labor on.
Who dares stand idle on the harvest plain
while all around us waves the golden grain?
And to each servant does the Master say,
“Go work today.”

–Jane Borthwick, 1859