GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

to explain it properly.

At fifteen, I stopped trying.

That was the year I built a small wind-powered generator for the Nebraska state science fair. I used scrap metal, an old motor, and plastic blades I shaped by hand. For weeks, I worked beneath the yellow garage bulb after everyone else had gone to bed.

The generator was uneven and louder than I wanted,continue reading …