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Labor Day weekend, 2011 is coming to an end. Labor Day always represents the closure of summer. Summer represents respite to me...days spent at the beach; travel to vacation destinations; a slackening of schedules and to-do lists. But Labor Day also commemorates our days of laboring. I'd like to share a laboring technique that doesn't feel quite so much like labor I'm sitting under a...
Labor Day is observed on the first Monday of September and dates back to 1882. The Central Labor Union came up with the ideas as a way to give the "working man" a day off. It worked out so well that Congress made it official 12 years later.
As winter sinks its fangs in deep, and snow and slush bank the roads up here in the northern U.S., it's nice to think back to the Labor Day weekend in Milwaukee and the wind in our faces! www.runningwithstilettos.com
I recall the Labor Day weekend when I was about 12. My family (Dad, Mom and sis) had gone to a barbeque at a friend’s house. They had 5 children and their house was always bustling with friends and family. It was a healthy, happy place to be. We kids all settled inside around the television to watch the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis. Moved by the tender stories of...
With Labor Day around the corner, it’s a great time to remember what being an American means. I love how our community celebrates our great country’s holidays and I am looking forward to Labor Day. At Lake Ashton, our community really came together to celebrate Lake Ashton’s Veterans’ Memorial. Our community’s celebration was complete. There was a presentation of the Honor Guard by a...