Some things are like a hitch in your get-along

I leaned against my kitchen stove talking with a friend, mindlessly staring at the cupboard across from me. Suddenly my eyes popped. "That pull on the bottom drawer next to the sink is crooked. I have lived here five years and I have never seen it until just this moment. I can't believe I never noticed it before."

Sondra Ashton

In half a heartbeat I crossed to the drawer, pulled it out, and checked to see if one of the screws had fallen out. My house is old. My kitchen is old. My cupboards are old. And the drawer pulls are old. So a loose screw might have been the problem. Both screws were tig...