For the Love of Local Hardware Stores

I'm a huge fan of small, local hardware stores. And for most of the last 20 years, I have had the great fortune of living within a few minutes of a small neighborhood hardware shop.   In this episode, I share why I think they are so great and tell a short story (that I spontaneously recalled) about how sweeping compound nearly closed the personal space gap between me and another shop patron I had never met.   Mentioned during this episode: Jacobson's Ace Hardware of EC South Jacobson's Market An Example of Sweeping Compound