He tried to remember when he was a baby. He could only visualize a Polaroid photograph of a party in his stepfather's basement. There was his mother, all legs in a mini-skirt, his biological father, clueless, and, among an assortment of other mushroom-haired men, his future stepfather licking the edge of a hand-rolled cigarette. Lots of alcohol and joints were in play, and there he was, Paul,
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Some thoughts about that: if not in an opera house then here under the girders of a new civilization in which the contemplative norm is that of a cheeseburger with a face full of sesames. McCheese is one's neighbor and mayor, and his clown same-sex partner is a cook of sorts, and I guess a lot of people go there. I have to admit I stopped years ago. The fried fish sandwiches were about all I
| recycled cabin, green living, Fairfield, Iowa, Environment | 14 Oct 2009 |
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| Iowa Discards Get New Life in Colorado Cabin by Claudia Petrick | Comment (1) |
One man’s trash is another’s home furnishing. Dave Butler, founder of Vintage Power Wagons in Fairfield, outfitted his charming Colorado cabin with an eclectic assortment of found materials. Trashed materials, in some cases. Like the blue painted picket fence left for Fairfield’s spring trash pickup, now a stair railing in Dave’s new-old house.
“I don’t like to throw anything away,” Dave says.