My town always had some yard sales, it is a big part of the underground economy here. The politicians and economists who push globalism and wipe out people’s jobs by the millions don’t come to rural America much, they deem it too inefficient and out of sync with the global economy. Trish came down out of her house in the hills to sell some stuff, she was chilly, she said, but she sold a lot of paintings, especially in the morning. Can I take your photo?, I asked. Sure, she said, I would have fixed myself up a bit better if I’d known. I said she looked fine, and she does.
31
May
Saturday In Cambridge: Yard Sale
by Jon Katz