LIMBA Posts
Irwin “Irv” Hansen – Feb 2, 1916 – Feb 5, 2008 – a Tribute
I met Irv Hansen at a LIMBA meeting more than 30 years ago. From the very beginning Irv made me feel like a welcomed guest on his turf. Irv apparently…
Martin Luther King Day Message 2008
“You cannot go back to where you have never been” I heard that expression recently and it set off a process in my convoluted mind. I had been reflecting on…
Christmas – Chanukah 2007
Where I grew up our fathers would worked from dawn until unconscious, if lucky enough to have a job. Fathers had no desire, or the time to interfere with our baseball…
Thanksgiving message 2007
Members and friends There is so much to fear in the world. It’s worse now than it’s ever been. Really? I think the first person to voice that lament was…
Labor Day Message 2007
New Page 1 Members and friends I was thinking recently about the intelligence of labor. I mean physical labor. There is an unspoken belief that physical labor is somehow short…
July 4 2007
To all our friends Bob came to work in the same insurance office where I worked. He had been working for TWA as a co-pilot and had been laid off because of…
Martin Luther King essay by Ernest Fazio
Members and friends He was 26 years old when he began to be noticed as a force to be reckoned with. His ascent to prominence was predicated upon the simple…
Transportation issues – letter from Hank Boerner
The East Enders (operating through the Five Towns transportation organization) are on to the real solutions. Rail and rail-bus technologies offer real solutions for relieving traffic, lowering carbon emissions, providing…
July 4th Essay — Ernie Fazio
“When I saw the statue of Liberty tears ran down my face,” recalls Eva Zeisel, “because I knew I was home.” Eva Zeisel is a world famous pottery artist…
Memorial Day essay – Ernie Fazio
Members and friends We celebrate Memorial Day and thank the many thousands of men and women that have given so much for the preservation of this great nation. There…