At 76, I Bought Back Our First Home for $3—The Mayor Called Our House an Embarrassment—One Year Later, It Was Worth More Than His Mansion

two women were building the first terrace wall together.

“Where’d you learn this?” Ruth asked.

“School.”

“What school teaches old ladies to build walls?”

Edith smiled. “The kind where you earn a degree in landscape architecture at 22 and finally use it at 74.”

Ruth stared at her.

Then she picked up another stone.

“Well,” Ruth said, “it’s about time.”

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