It didn’t photograph like a Miami penthouse. But Thomas had built it to need nothing — solar power, so no electric bill; a deep well, so no water bill; prepaid taxes; owned outright; insulated and solid and designed to shelter a person for the rest of her life at almost no cost. I inherited a home I could never be priced out of. Jared inherited a home he could never afford to keep. That was not an accident. That was a message, written in deeds and utility systems, from a man
I INHERITED AN “OLD MOUNTAIN CABIN” WHILE MY SON GOT A MIAMI PENTHOUSE
