I started this blog a long time ago. For some reason I never had anything I thought was worth putting out there.
The recent economic crises has enveloped me in its grasp. Living in Michigan I have worked in the automotive parts supply business for quite awhile. As of September 15th I have been eliminated along with 40 other people, in one day, from my latest employer. Over a course of about three months, the CEO was replaced, then many upper management positions were eliminated, and finally it came to the bottom of the barrel.
The company I was working for supplied trim parts to many of the North American automobile assemblers. This business was mostly in the truck and large SUV market. Most of the summer, many of the plants the parts were supplied to were shut down for a lack of sales.
So, now I am in the middle of some changes.
I am looking for a new job or source of income in an economy that is in a free fall. I did receive a severance package that runs out December 8th. My search has turned up some possible leads, that have since evaporated as the economic news goes from bad to worse.
Some of my search has lead me to other areas of the country, such as Arizona, where I have other family, and Montana, where I would love to live in the mountains. The search has also opened some questions as to how I could make a living doing something I love such as photography.
I hope I can resolve some of these issues and perhaps document them here.
The Grand Haven State Park is just south of the mouth of the Grand River, where it flows out into Lake Michigan. The piers that are aids to navigation have been huge area attractions for years. This provides a boardwalk walking path from town to the tip of the pier several hundred yards out into the lake.
