Workin’ in the Coal Mine: A Labor Day Celebration

You know by now, most holidays – for me – relate to some song or the other.  This coming Labor Day is no exception.  

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You’ve Got a Friend

James Taylor said it all when he sang “You’ve Got a Friend” back in the early 1970s.  It is a lucky person indeed that finds a good friend or two along the way.  Hard times are always just a little bit better if there is a friend nearby. 

No matter who it is, man or beast, when a friend dies you lose a little bit of you.

 

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Where do you Find Your Inspiration?

At the end of the day I often stop to ask myself what or who has inspired me that day.  I most often find myself attached to one or more experiences that touched me in some way during those 24 hours.   

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Mama Mia!

Have you seen the movie, Mama Mia?  If not, you should…particularly if you are part of the baby boomers generation.

I’ve seen the movie three times now.  

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On the Road Again

So I’m up at 4 a.m. getting ready for a quick trip to a small town in the Shannandoah Valley in Virginia.  I have to be there this afternoon to set up for a workshop I am presenting all day tomorrow. Just like Willie Nelson I find myself “on the road again.”

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