THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB
Foundations— The Infrastructure of Well Being Or Underwear Abbe Rolnick Since before I knew the questions to ask, or the concepts of construction, government, or business, my curiosity sought to understand the insides. My Bubbie use to say to me, “It is what is on the inside that counts.” I interpreted this to mean, either that the outside didn’t count, or that the inside held all the mystery. Later I’d learn about the concepts of superficial beauty, but my deep connection to infrastructure began with not understanding the nuances of adult speak. A few years ago, I attended the Citizens Police Academy Class, six weeks of learning the art of policing. On the police website there is a picture of me dressed in bomb gear—gear that weighs three times my own weight and flatters the Pillsbury Doughboy with a look of machometal. I volunteered to feel and understand the heat, the claustrophobic sense of maneuvering under stress. I became the comic relief, the Police Doughgirl, waddling along the halls, attempting the impossible, swallowed within a purpose. Carpenters create from the inside out. The large building 96
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