September 18, 1963
Wednesday, still rainy cloudy in pm, 75. I wrote to Doug and Marilyn. Did ironing and finished gown and white plaid dress. David quit job at Timberland.
Comment: The temperature variation runs from the mid forties and frost a few days ago to now 75 which is something I don't seem to remember well. Snail mail communications, wonder how the communication would have been with email, texting and Skype back then, probably the same as it is now. David says can't remember why he quit Timberland, might have been the rotating shift factory work, or just young and foolish. Glad I never made a decision for those reason...."Too soon we get old, too late we get smart" comes to mind. Of course, making charcoal, even in a modern factory, was not a helluva lot of fun and still included some activities similar to those in the picture. When I was delivering the damned stuff, my body and clothes would be completely black even when unloading sealed bags and boxes.....
Here is a SongPoemStory performed by my son David that I wrote about those days driving truck and working for Timberland, hauling bark and charcoal......
http://hubbardfamilymusic.blogspot.com/2011/04/0-plays-truck-driving-ive-hauled-bark.html
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