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Forgetting Globally; Enjoying Locally

Several of my recent posts have focused on national politics. This one is a break from all that, all about mingling with neighbors at an annual get together that celebrates ‘old fashioned farming’. There’s a particular emphasis on the role of steam power and tractor power to run sawmills, shingle makers, grist mills, etc. That’s mixed in with jams and jellies, farm animals on display, antique cars and tractors upon tractors, and of course food. A great time was had by all.

OFFD steam engine

This was a cabinet shop making windows, powered by the steam engine next door.

OFFD Cabinet Shop

OFFD Draft Team

OFFD Judy and Handler

The pair of horses above was powering the belt-driven thresher seen below:

OFFD thresher

I don’t even want to think about using the ‘tractor’ below:

OFFD 40s Troy Bilt

The one below is as old as I am and was originally owned by a friend of mine’s father. My friend has spent the last couple of years restoring it. I asked him to start on restoring me next.

OFFD Dan's Tractor

OFFD antique car

OFFD Pigs

I admit I did have one moment of thinking globally. Among the several hundred present on Saturday, at one point an elderly man walked through the crowd in my direction. I noticed as he approached that he wore a relatively common Navy veteran’s baseball cap; dark blue with gold trim and his ship’s name on the front. It took a couple of second’s for the name of his ship, the U.S.S. Indianapolis, to register in my brain. When it did I turned around to see him slowly walking away. The back of his cap said it all: “Survivor”. If you don’t know the story; read it here.

Posted on September 7th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
Filed under: Leisure Projects, Rants and Musings

3 Responses to “Forgetting Globally; Enjoying Locally”

  1. Beth, on September 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm Said:

    Sometimes it’s a good thing to just pull back for a moment and focus on what is happening in the moment, going on right around us. It can be very grounding. And yes, the story of the USS Indianapolis is a very tragic one. Too bad you didn’t get a chance to talk to the gentleman.

  2. Sheria, on September 8th, 2009 at 2:51 pm Said:

    I’ve heard the sad story of the USS Indianapolis before but I had not heard of the court martial of its captain, what a tragic miscarriage of justice.

    I concur with Beth that it is good to focus on the moment; it’s what keeps me sane. I went to a family cookout on Sunday and didn’t talk politics once!

  3. jack-of-all-thumbs, on September 8th, 2009 at 5:25 pm Said:

    I had missed that sad post script as well.

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