Before I Die …

["Tell them I said something .." supposedly, these were the final words of the Mexican military general Santa Ana when the assembled masses were keeping a death vigil outside his second-story bedroom. OK, he said something ... so what was it? What pearl of wisdom did the great being crystalize in his final moment? For... Continue Reading →

Gratitude for Little Gifts

A Haitian friend of Reginale, a 28-year-old mother with AIDS, combs her hair in a gesture of true friendship and love. Chilton St. Hospice, Cambridge, MA, 1994. Jon Chase photo [Yesterday we published a tribute to Silverback M. Dickey Drysdale who has left The Jungle for the Great Newsroom in the sky. Today we take... Continue Reading →

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