The Thread
Who Planted My Shade
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Who Planted My Shade
The Thread · September 21, 2026
My grandfather died earlier this month. This issue is about him and my grandmother — two people from a mountain in Arkansas who built something, lived like they hadn't, and gave most of it away. It's also about what a financial backstop actually buys you, which turns out not to be the ability to take risk, but the ability to survive…