Re-using, Restoring, and Connecting with the Past

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By John Walters on Friday, October 26, 2001.
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Hancock author Howard Mansfield says our society's penchant for disposability is not only wasteful, it also keeps us disconnected from our surroundings and our own past. His book, "The Same Ax Twice," is a meditation on the importance of restoration and re-use and on the true nature of things.

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