Hardcore thrifters hardcore thrift.
They understand the various subtleties of Savers, Salvo (Salvation Army) and Goodwill. They know the weekly discount days. They …
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Open House
A photo essay.
Editor’s Note: The address of this story’s subject has been withheld for privacy reasons.
It’s prudent to decline when …
Home Made
From 1866 to 1966, Mary Wade Home, now a community for seniors in Fair Haven, was called the Home for the Friendless. …
Creation Story
“Religion and architecture are pretty similar,” Duo Dickinson says, wearing a herringbone sport coat and a smile that reaches its widest point with ease. “They can have bad outcomes with really wonderful intentions.” …
Slab Work
On the face of it, like most any other stone, a geode looks humdrum—chipped, stained and otherwise roughed up by the elements. But crack a geode open and there’s a jamboree of crystals, a dazzling miniature cave …
Furnishing Credentials
On the third floor of ACME Vintage Furniture, a 1950s radio ad bursts out of a gramophone like a shout from an old-timey police officer. A whistle squeals, and a voice…
Light-Headed
You can feel dizzy because you stood up too quickly or because you forgot to eat breakfast. You can also feel dizzy because you’re surrounded by too many pretty things.…
Live and Learn
“This is not a school,” former school teacher Elisabeth Kennedy says, and technically, she’s right. Beacon Self-Directed Learning, the nonprofit center she helps run with Catherine Shannon and Catherine Fisher at the eastern end of Whalley…
Semper Fi
A huge number of military veterans return from war and find a different kind of struggle awaiting them at home. Mental health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and other impediments to rejoining civilian life—like…
Safe Houses
People have been moving houses—literally moving them–for hundreds of years, which may seem foundationally silly in today’s world.
But sometimes it’s the smartest move, and that was especially…
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