I get it that labor unions at their worst have done monstrous things. Owners of capital at their best have done wonderful things. Why don’t we hear more about the achievements of unions and the evils of capitalists? Capitalists own the media.
I could not agree more, and your bottom line is so appropriate here but also the main reason dozens of societal problems are not likely to be solved any time soon. Thanks Steve
Mark, I am right there with about the mostly unseen people who make our lives convenient, healthy, and beautiful. Our trash truck driver is a shy man, but I know in the winter, he puts on and takes off dual wheel tire chains at least half a dozen times a day, just so we don’t get buried in our own trash. Few people give any thought to the public health benefit from his hard work.
Our county road maintenance guys are up at 4:30 every morning to plow rocks off the road so the kids from a nearby village without a high school can safely ride the bus to and from school each day. (Their local school is a grade 1-8 one-room schoolhouse. Blessings on that teacher!) The road guys grade our 8 miles of county rural road in the summer, and keep the snow plowed in the winter. Sometimes I stop them and throw them up a Snickers, but I always thank them.
I’ve written several posts about people in my world that I am grateful for. There is a shoe repairman, maybe cobbler is a more honorable word, who not only repairs my shoes, he or his daughter will deliver them when they come to their cabin in our valley. https://switters.substack.com/p/good-work
I also appreciate and have become friends with another quiet hero, the hardworking woman who works in the bulk food section of the grocery store I go to in Boise. She’s special. https://switters.substack.com/p/good-work-24b
That all sounds so very cool and filled with the best that rural life has to offer. Where, pray tell, is there still a single room schoolhouse and snow in the winter?
I had clicked on the second to last link and only just now saw that you lived near Boise - now I get it. Speaking of the best of rural life, I'm off to get a pick-up load of horse manure for our compost pile and it's all good.
You value real things if you are willing to get a load of horse manure. No matter how much you pile on, it will still be less than what you see on tonight’s news.
I get it that labor unions at their worst have done monstrous things. Owners of capital at their best have done wonderful things. Why don’t we hear more about the achievements of unions and the evils of capitalists? Capitalists own the media.
I could not agree more, and your bottom line is so appropriate here but also the main reason dozens of societal problems are not likely to be solved any time soon. Thanks Steve
Mark, I am right there with about the mostly unseen people who make our lives convenient, healthy, and beautiful. Our trash truck driver is a shy man, but I know in the winter, he puts on and takes off dual wheel tire chains at least half a dozen times a day, just so we don’t get buried in our own trash. Few people give any thought to the public health benefit from his hard work.
Our county road maintenance guys are up at 4:30 every morning to plow rocks off the road so the kids from a nearby village without a high school can safely ride the bus to and from school each day. (Their local school is a grade 1-8 one-room schoolhouse. Blessings on that teacher!) The road guys grade our 8 miles of county rural road in the summer, and keep the snow plowed in the winter. Sometimes I stop them and throw them up a Snickers, but I always thank them.
I’ve written several posts about people in my world that I am grateful for. There is a shoe repairman, maybe cobbler is a more honorable word, who not only repairs my shoes, he or his daughter will deliver them when they come to their cabin in our valley. https://switters.substack.com/p/good-work
I also appreciate and have become friends with another quiet hero, the hardworking woman who works in the bulk food section of the grocery store I go to in Boise. She’s special. https://switters.substack.com/p/good-work-24b
God bless them all.
That all sounds so very cool and filled with the best that rural life has to offer. Where, pray tell, is there still a single room schoolhouse and snow in the winter?
I had clicked on the second to last link and only just now saw that you lived near Boise - now I get it. Speaking of the best of rural life, I'm off to get a pick-up load of horse manure for our compost pile and it's all good.
You value real things if you are willing to get a load of horse manure. No matter how much you pile on, it will still be less than what you see on tonight’s news.
So well put there sir -