A few weeks ago I picked up this great, old globe. I've been spinning it every once in a while, thinking about where I've been and where I'm going. In a few days I am leaving for Los Angeles and soon after that to go back on the road for work. Aside from the work part -- I cannot wait to travel! I'm not sure where I'll be but, regardless, just getting out of the country for a month always invigorates and inspires me.                                               

Thank you, Canada.

LABOR DAY

The holiday originated in Canada out of labor disputes ("Nine-Hour Movement") first in Hamilton, then in Toronto, Canada in the 1870s, which resulted in a Trade Union Act which legalized and protected union activity in 1872 in Canada. The parades held in support of the Nine-Hour Movement and the printers' strike led to an annual celebration in Canada. In 1882, American labor leader Peter J. McGuire witnessed one of these labor festivals in Toronto. Inspired from Canadian events in Toronto, he returned to New York and organized the first American "labor day" on September 5 of the same year.

(borrowed from Wikipedia)