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This thanksgiving, I helped insulate a house for a poor family who I have known and helped for years. I also installed a triple-paned window to replace their leaky window in the front room. I'd built that the previous weekend from salvaged windows purchased at the Habitat for Humanity store.
Total mileage, one quarter of a mile.
I bought nothing on Thanksgiving Day, or on Friday.
After working, we drank tea and ate rye bread with margarine.
The conversation revolved around their working as a janitor at a nearby mortuary. Fascinating thing, death.
This thanksgiving, I helped insulate a house for a poor family who I have known and helped for years.
Thank you. I can't think of a better way to spend the holidays.
Cheers,
Paul