Faith, Folklore, and Friends

Photo from Wikipedia It is the birthday of William Faulkner ( September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962).   I wrote about him  here  earlier this year. Mr. Faulkner didn't comfort us or pretty things up, but he did stir our emotions and taught us things about our Southern  selves.  Looking for a week-end read?  Try As I Lay Dying  by  William Faulkner .

Labor: productive   activity,   especially   for   the   sake   of   economic gain; the body of persons engaged  in  such  activity, especially those working for  wages;  this body of persons considered as a  class  (distinguished from management and  capital);   physical   or   mental   work,   especially   of   a   hard   or   fatiguing   kind;   toil;  a   job   or   task   done   or  to   be   done. Labor Day was created to honor the American  Labor  movement.  Since 1887, it has been  celebrated on  the first Monday in September. Labor Day marks the unofficial end to summer,  but  around here, the temperature appears to    be  in  denial. Still, if you are a proper Southern  lady, you  need to ...