Nancy is the weekend Queen of Ace Hardware in my town of Cambridge, she is cheerful, wise and she loves to spoil dogs with lots of biscuits. Fate is very fond of her. She mixes some weekend paints and patiently answers my many stupid questions (Bryan, the very helpful store manager, does this during the weekend. When I tried to buy an axe from him last year, he asked if Maria knew what I was getting.) Nancy is quick to laugh and is practically a member of the family. I see her as a hardware therapist, she guides desperate and confused people through the tools of life.