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Visiting Robby

I said to a friend on Wednesday that I expected him to have a deep voice and a Southern accent, because in his letters he sometimes uses the word “y’all.” Robby was born in Baltimore but raised in rural Maryland … Continue reading

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Acts of Mercy

Some people who know me and the blog know that for about 2 1/2 years I’ve been writing to someone on death row in North Carolina. There is a Sister who is a Benedictine Oblate with Saint John’s Abbey, where … Continue reading

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