Harrowings

Harrowings

Summer 1997

Inspired by "Deer Girl" this morning

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Hal Gill
Jun 30, 2025
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A Pittsburgh Hardware Store on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill

Squirrel Hill Hardware had a “Help Wanted” sign in the window. I needed some steady income to pay the rent when clients of my freelance German-English translation gig were sparse, so I went in and talked to the manager.

“Hardware is in my DNA,” I claimed. My great-grandfather had run “CC Gill …

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