I grew up in the Portland neighborhood in the West End of Louisville, where money was tight and ingenuity was valued above classiness. Even after a Portlandite moves away from Portland, those habits never really die. I think MacGuyver probably came from Portland. So I…
So when we got married, Charlie said, “I’m going to build a house in the woods for you, me, and the three girls. Design it.” (We had three then. #4 came shortly after.) So I got some books and I did it. I would show…
I always loved reading books about cavemen, Native Americans, castaways, and children fending for themselves or lost in caves or … you get the picture. If they had to form some sort of rudimentary lathe out of rock and sand, I was THERE, man. I still love DIY, although it needs to be cheap and easy.
