Old Nick

What do we inherit from the broken men who teach us how to build?

When I was a teenager, because I was a difficult kid, I was kicked out of the house for a few months. I got to know, befriend, and like old people more than young people of my cohort. Now, I like mentoring the young, from time to time, and befriending the old, still more.

When I was a teen, also, I worked a bit in construction at a truss factory and in c…