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Making

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1983

  1. Saturday, January 1, 1983 · Don Krumpos

    A Consummate Maker

    The little projects with my dad were not so little. At least they were large in my heart. When I look back, some of the deepest intimacies we shared did not happen through long conversations or dramatic father-son moments, but…

1984

  1. Sunday, January 1, 1984 · Don Krumpos

    Not Made for the Fair

    Every year of grade school I built something. Second grade was a papier-mâché earth, cut open to show the layers. Crust, mantle, core — the planet sliced like fruit so you could see what it was made of. I did…

1986

  1. Wednesday, January 1, 1986 · Don Krumpos

    That's How I Learned

    My father was involved in so many building projects that I sometimes have trouble separating them. They blur together now into one continuous image of him: work clothes, tools out, some old building opened up around him, a problem waiting…