The hammer and the Free Spirit: toward a practical heresy.

From: Cross Currents | Date: March 22, 2006| Author: Gundy, Jeff | Copyright information

I was scraping white paint from the business end of my hammer when it hit me--not the hammer, but the the idea I'd been waiting for all summer. I'd spent the time at my usual odd welter of projects (and some loafing). In May, right after the college year ended, I helped my son tear down the engine of the Volvo we got cheap because it had serious issues. Then I replaced the small, high windows in our family room with a beautiful (if overpriced) bay window so that we could see the ba...

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