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I thought you might like this.
One final treat before I take a month-long hiatus from the blog (Europe beckons)! This is me telling a story at a well-known monthly storytelling event at an establishment at the north end of Broadway; I'm not saying exactly where it is– not to be coy, mind you, but because the meetup is intended to build its (significant) population through word-of-mouth, attracting like-minded folk who stumble upon it by chance or else feel compelled to share it from first-hand experience, in hopes that it might preserve its makeup of a body of intrepid storytellers, rather than a massive audience of listeners. If interested, you're encouraged to do your own research to seek it out! As mentioned below, the web is a tool....
I'm thrilled to share the above story with you, and hope you enjoy it. I look forward to sharing more beautiful moments from the streets with you in the New Year. Check back in late January!
One final treat before I take a month-long hiatus from the blog (Europe beckons)! This is me telling a story at a well-known monthly storytelling event at an establishment at the north end of Broadway; I'm not saying exactly where it is– not to be coy, mind you, but because the meetup is intended to build its (significant) population through word-of-mouth, attracting like-minded folk who stumble upon it by chance or else feel compelled to share it from first-hand experience, in hopes that it might preserve its makeup of a body of intrepid storytellers, rather than a massive audience of listeners. If interested, you're encouraged to do your own research to seek it out! As mentioned below, the web is a tool....
I'm thrilled to share the above story with you, and hope you enjoy it. I look forward to sharing more beautiful moments from the streets with you in the New Year. Check back in late January!
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Right! Kindness! It can change someone's life, and even save it. Hurray, hurray for the power of human kindness.
It's always great to hear from you, Julia! Thanks for posting! There's so much to that Leroy story that I couldn't squeeze into the 5 minutes. When I got home that night I wrote everything down, and though I thought I'd never see the guy again, I remember thinking, "it was worth it to have driven the bus for 7 years just so this guy could get on my bus and feel good during his moment of vulnerability in a new city." He and I are now friends, and I've floated the idea of his telling his side of the story at Fresh ground Stories as well!