Here’s a brief remembrance for my Grandpa C.F. Butz (1894-1985): Starting before he finished grade school, Grandpa Butz worked with his hands his whole life — from farming to railroads to carpentry as well as a successful little greenhouse business in northern Ohio. It wasn’t just a smooth path of course. One of his brothers was killed by a horse kick to the head. He was drafted into World War 1 but refused to shoot at anyone. No high school diploma. No college degree. Yet he owned a home with land, sent most of his (male) kids to college, and retired to Winterhaven, Florida — where he showed me his curiosity about the world (via National Geographic mag) as well as how to pick & ‘toss’ grapefruit. #TheWayTheyWorked seems pretty different today!
