02 February 2015

VERY brief update

some things have been going on, well behind the scenes here.  One by-product of that has been the virtual hiatus on this site for the last year and long delays before that.
I am hoping -- not swearing to but hoping --to get things back on a more even keel in the near future.
There is some change going on in the world, the terms "re-shoring" and "in-shoring" are now, occasionally being heard, something I would not have predicted back when I was trying to get this whole thing going.  So there is some change, positive change.  And some change that is less so.
Be back soon, I hope.

04 January 2014

a new resource Saturday, 4 January 2014

just making a newly discovered resource more widely known, perhaps

check out Still Made in USA

29 September 2013

A Brief Note -- Sunday, September 29th, 2013

Sorry that things have been so disarrayed recently.  Hopefully, that will be changing soon.  It is Sunday evening.  Lord willing, this is our last night in Lower Alabama.  Again, Lord willing, this time tomorrow we will be on the highway progressing towards the Greater Cleveland area.  This has been a very very rough month or two, as we make some substantial changes in our lives. Having been away from virtually our entire extended family for more than 20 years, it's like Going Home.  Sort of.  Not sure my real Home is on this earth anyway, but will be nice to see family again.
So come back soon, we hope to have things more in order as possible.

01 January 2013

Brief word 1/1/13

been on hiatus.
back shortly

28 April 2012

another one gone

Most people know the name Briggs & Stratton.  Among other things, they make small-horsepower gasoline engines for lawn mowers, portable generators, and such.  Good name, good brand, good reputation.
And pulling the rug out like so many others.
It was announced yesterday that they are reducing their involvement in the operation in Auburn, Alabama to the tune of some 250 jobs.
And moving the work to  China.
Some may regard this as progress.  I am not one of them.  Nor, I suspect, would be those directly affected, or their neighbors, families, and others.

12 December 2011

Brief Word

this blog has been in an unplanned hiatus for too long. I will be changing that in the near future, Lord willing, as some aspects of our life even out. Stay tuned, there is much to see on this matter.