every culture has a fall harvest festival.  it is a natural time to sit back on your heels, assess where you are and express some gratitude that you've scraped by for another year.  if there has been some bounty, all the better.  i'm not particularly sentimental, but i would like to express my thanks and gratitude to all current union members and our comrades everywhere.  we correspond, we joke and we share stories and experiences and i am much richer for that interaction.  we provoke people sometimes but even that always seems to lead to interesting conversations.

here's hoping that we all have a chance to reflect on the year that is winding down, and to consider the good and bad things that have happened to us and to others.  have a safe time out there.

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