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I've Been Working on The Railroad
Apr. 22nd, 2006 08:00 pm[Composed 24 April 2006]
I spent much of today at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks. It was a wonderful bright, sunny, cloudless day, and Lisa and I were not going to spend time indoors if we could help it. Originally, we only went over there to drop off our dues check, but we found a bunch of the museum volunteers working on a project that could use a lot of spare hands, and we ended up spending much of the afternoon there. Unfortunately, not having planned for this, I hadn't taken my hat or put on sunscreen, and ended up with a sunburn on my face and head for my trouble, but I had a great time anyway.
( In which I play with large, heavy pieces of machinery that try to kill me: )
It's clear to me that I could easily get involved in this sort of volunteer work as much as I have SF fandom. I would like to do so, and can think of several things in which I'd be interested in working, like improving signage or developing a formal safety training program. Lisa would like me to do so, too -- we do have a "family" membership in the museum -- but there are only so many volunteer hours I can spare in my life.
I spent much of today at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum in Brooks. It was a wonderful bright, sunny, cloudless day, and Lisa and I were not going to spend time indoors if we could help it. Originally, we only went over there to drop off our dues check, but we found a bunch of the museum volunteers working on a project that could use a lot of spare hands, and we ended up spending much of the afternoon there. Unfortunately, not having planned for this, I hadn't taken my hat or put on sunscreen, and ended up with a sunburn on my face and head for my trouble, but I had a great time anyway.
( In which I play with large, heavy pieces of machinery that try to kill me: )
It's clear to me that I could easily get involved in this sort of volunteer work as much as I have SF fandom. I would like to do so, and can think of several things in which I'd be interested in working, like improving signage or developing a formal safety training program. Lisa would like me to do so, too -- we do have a "family" membership in the museum -- but there are only so many volunteer hours I can spare in my life.
