1. I got on the HP support service chat function with Jagon Reddy G and in short order he helped me get my computer's CD/DVD player back in operation. It's the third time I've turned to HP support for help via the chat function and the service has been superb each time.
2. It's sobering (yet again) to read more about Kellogg's history. I've been reading more deeply into the violence of the 1890's in Katherine Aiken's Idaho's Bunker Hill. It's unsettling all the way around. It's been several years since I read Big Trouble by Anthony Lukas, the most detailed accounting of the labor wars near the turn of the century. It's time to get Big Trouble out again.
3. Things were not quite so sobering at Billy Mac's this evening. Russell invited me to join him and Anne and Cynthia and Allie and Pam and Michael and Kathleen and Lynn. Billy Mac's had a taco special. Too add to the fun, it was margarita madness night. So, four chicken tacos and a couple of margaritas later, a day that began soberly ended less so. It was a lot of fun listening to my friends talk about East of Eden and teaching and hometowns and reunions, and more. I felt really good when I got home.
Showing posts with label Idaho's Bunker Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idaho's Bunker Hill. Show all posts
Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Three Beautiful Things 06/30/10: Kellogg History, It's Not a Happening Place, Easy Weather
1. I spent most of the day reading Kellogg history, with particular focus on Katherine G. Aiken's Idaho's Bunker Hill. Reading this book again is again unsettling, especially the ongoing company/labor conflict, the violence, no matter what form it took, no matter which decade. I'm reminded of what Richard Hugo wrote in "Letter to Levertov from Butte": "This is the town where you choose sides/to die on, company or man, and both are losers." I don't think he means "losers" in the sense of worthless. I think he means that, in the end, no one wins. In the end, in Kellogg, company didn't win. Neither did labor.
2. I hadn't eaten at Ye Olde Pancake House for years. The Deke and Patrick and I ate there once back 1997 and I'm not sure I've been back. I enjoyed my breakfast. I enjoyed the atmosphere more. Like GJ's, it's a place where people come to eat and visit. It's not a happening place, thank God.
3. I keep enjoying these overcast, cool early summer days. No glare. No heat. It's easy on my eyes, my skin, my mood, and on the yard and garden.
2. I hadn't eaten at Ye Olde Pancake House for years. The Deke and Patrick and I ate there once back 1997 and I'm not sure I've been back. I enjoyed my breakfast. I enjoyed the atmosphere more. Like GJ's, it's a place where people come to eat and visit. It's not a happening place, thank God.
3. I keep enjoying these overcast, cool early summer days. No glare. No heat. It's easy on my eyes, my skin, my mood, and on the yard and garden.
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