Happy Labor Day!
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.]
Labor Day is the bookend standing at the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day.
July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment I dreaded as a child because it marked the end of vacation and the start of the school year. Spiffy new clothes, a shiny bookbag, freshly sharpened pencils, and the promise of the beautiful autumn leaves’ arrival were nice. But they couldn’t make up for the fact that a new school year was beginning. Where oh where had the summer gone?
And it goes even more quickly these days.
Here’s wishing you all a Happy Labor Day, despite the difficult times. Barbecues, picnics, the beach, just hanging out in your yard, whatever you desire and whatever you decide. And for the historically-minded among you, here’s some information on the origins of the holiday.
No wearing white until Memorial Day?
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Biden celebrates labor unions, whose support has kept Joe and his family out of the working class. Joe says that Trump never built anything. I guess the polls are getting to him.
“Joe says…”
‘Nuff said.
He opens his mouth and you KNOW the opposite is true.
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Meanwhile, bringing back the 50s…with this new adaptation of an old classic:
“How many university student can you fit on a pier?”
http://tinyurl.com/5n8497p5
Curious graf:
‘…“I turned to this one girl, and we were like, ‘Oh my God. Did that really just happen?’”….’
(…as George Berkeley weeps)