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

the back of a grocery receipt.

By October, they put a handwritten sign on the mailbox.

Free Workshop. Home Repair and Garden Design. Saturday at 10.

Fourteen people came the first week.

Thirty came by the third.

Frank taught foundations, gutters, permits, load-bearing walls, and how to know when a crack was serious. Edith taught soil, native plants, drainage,continue reading …