Tag Archives: humor
Buyin Some Land
About ten years ago, I had the following conversation with an Anguillan carpenter who repaired half of my falling-down fence. After several hours of work, he drove off to get more wood, but he never returned. The concrete lower wall that once held the upper lattice fence is still standing strong to this day, but […]
What America Buys
My wife has maintained, for several years now, that if someone spread the word that eating corrugated cardboard lowered cholesterol and lengthened our lives, there would be a cardboard shortage within months. First it would be sold by the pallet, then by the pound, working it’s way down to small packages and last but not […]