PERU, Ind. -- Most people use gourds for fall decorations or crafting. Not Ron Luginbill. Give the 72-year-old Peru resident a gourd, and a few weeks later, he'll have turned it into an exquisitely ...
The gourds had been sawed in half, hollowed out, painted and left to dry in the sun outside Martin Espino’s temporary Manhattan Beach classroom. Inside, he helped his young students sand, stain and ...