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READER PROJECT
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
Inspired by Brad Holden’s editor’s letter recounting his backyard doover (June ’23, p. 2), reader David Moore shared his family’s story:
“When I was growing up, my dad was not one to pass up on anyone’s offerings. One day, someone offered him some used brick—A LOT OF BRICK. He loaded up me and my brother, and off we went. We filled the truck with as many bricks as it could hold, and back home we went to unload them. In the ensuing days, it was our chore to clean and stack them. After what seemed like an eternity, we finished handling the approximately 2,000 bricks.
“This was in about 1970 to 1972 when I was 11 or 12, but…
