Leo and Aurora left at 2am. Went to bed and fell asleep in a second.
Woke up at 5:58am.
Up, packed a wee snack o lunch and out the door around 6:20.
Over to K&E's in Woodeville today.
We had to head over to the office for the meeting of the new company transition today. Everything looked ok. Got a couple of questions answered. I have mixed feelings as of this moment. I have to check out the truth of an item or two.
After the meeting Paul rode down to Des Moines to sign up for the Union. We became Union members around Noon. Mixed feelings about that too.    

"You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union," sings Woody Guthrie. He had witnessed exploitation of workers across the United States and participated in the union movement, especially singing at events to promote the organization of labor. Alone and as a member of The Almanac Singers, Woody sang at union meetings during the 1940's.

As Bonnie Christensen writes in Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People: "It was clear to Woody that the people needed a voice to speak for them, a voice to ask their questions. They needed someone who was not afraid of the bosses, someone who knew what it was like to be poor. Woody Guthrie became their voice, and songs were his way of speaking. 'I made up songs telling what I thought was wrong and how to make it right,' he said."

Teachers who read The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck will get insights into what Woody knew about folks trying to organize as well as the problems they faced. 


I wonder what Woody would say today? Back to work. Another day fecked on the deck.

Stopped off at Freddie's on the way back and got a couple of items.

Dinner
And now what the fuck will I do?