Piet September

Piet writes about frugal living and repairs, from a workshop most hardware shops would envy. He asks what will break first and whether a thing was built to last or to be thrown away, and more often than not he can save it with a second hand part and a bit of patience. His pieces are dry and unhurried, with a wry sting in the tail. Being careful with money is not the sad part, he says; throwing away a good thing you could have fixed is.