While waiting for our flight to D.C. on Friday the 6th, I noted an Army man in dress colors seated nearby. He received special attention from a Southwest employee then moved to another seat. Soon the Southwest man came to him again but with a Southwest pilot and they talked. The military man then left with the Southwest... Continue Reading →
We arrived in D.C. the afternoon of Sept. 6 and got to our hotel which was about four blocks south of the Washington Mall – the great green area that runs from the Capitol on the east, ends in the west with the Lincoln Memorial and features the Washington monument about halfway (the Washington Monument... Continue Reading →
Janet, Jettie, and I returned last evening from our excursion to Washington D.C. enlightened, intrigued, encouraged, and, to some degree, entertained (at least by the Southwest stewardesses). A week ago we attended Capitol Hill Baptist Church just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The building is 150 years old, with old creaky pews with just... Continue Reading →
Fifty years ago today, June 14, my paternal grandfather - Charles Milton Buttermore - died. Just a couple months short of his 90th birthday He fathered 15 children of which 14 made it to adulthood. Of the 8 boys, 7 went to war - 6 to WWII and 1 to Korea (the oldest, Alvin, wasn't taken... Continue Reading →
Fifty years ago today I shifted departments on the railroad moving from the car department to transportation – I went from a 154 man oiling boxcar journals (no such thing today) to a switchman with the number 1120. After a big hiring spree in 1968 due to the opening of a new hump yard, hiring was... Continue Reading →
I remember the week between Christmas and New Year's 1969 (it might have been 1970) - 50 years ago - WOW! I was a yardmaster in North Platte working the east end spotting cattle at the stock yards, parking local loads, and working the passenger trains and it was cold. Most of the week was... Continue Reading →
I woke this morning remembering my Mother who passed on this day three years ago. A number of us were in the room and a few were huddled talking about scheduling when God quietly called her name and she stepped out of her very troubled house into God’s glory! A word that hit me this morning... Continue Reading →
Baseball is such a game of losers (before any of you start screaming - I'm kidding!). A starting pitcher in a season will start about 34 games and if good and with a good group around him, might win half the games. Half - that is like 50%. I mean, if I got half right... Continue Reading →
Labor reminds me of a woman giving birth to a child (L&D). Labor reminds me of the AFL-CIO and the UTU (a RR union). Labor reminds me of sweat and exhaustion. Labor reminds me of what is necessary to achieve a goal. Labor reminds me of a key ingredient in business. Labor reminds me of... Continue Reading →
What are some things that have enhanced life? What is a daily blessing? SCREENS! [this from Kent Johansen from an old timer in Pella, IA] Yes, those wire or fiberglass mesh coverings over the openings of a house. I remember the flies at my Grandparents' at mealtime that constantly demanded attention and this was with screens! Just... Continue Reading →
a PK Musing 