My friend was telling me about his repair man, Don Vito. “We were sitting in my RV as he was tinkering with the broken generator,” he said. “I wanted to get to know this gregarious Italian; what was behind his infectious personality.” Dom had lived on the coast in a beautiful home in San Clemente,…
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The Little Girl With Generous Eyes
The little girl with generous eyes and small teeth set in a wide smile, drifted from one side of the parade to the other. She offered a small pamphlet to everyone watching the parade, an invitation to a pageant at the African Methodist congregation. Courageous young spirit, I thought to myself. The marching bands, floats…
Backwater Steeples
Backwater steeples in a broken town; Cities on a hill falling down; What used to be… Glistening paint, the dazzle of brilliance… …a peace upon the cobbled stones, resting under boots of war. The smell of bakeries, wisps of divine presence in holy places, how it greeted and escorted faithful up the stair case to…
To Sir, with love 