Innocence:
six year old Claudia said to my wife:
'Dad says, if I ever get lost, it's better to ask a lady for help than a man.'
My wife said that was good advice.
Claudia: 'Yes, men can be rather grumpy.'
Quoting Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
> And lovely to have such a grandson...
>
> A tale worthy of being told, Stephen...
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> Doug
> On 2011-09-28, at 3:13 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
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> > I take my grandson, Little Luke, 3.5 years old, on a walk.
> > Better yet, he takes me on the walk. Not exactly true.
> > I guide him into the local gallery, Steven Wolf Fine Arts.
> > We go behind the black curtain into the 'media' room.
> > Oh, for this story I should mention he is half African-American.
> > On the wall a terrible fight is going on. A young black man
> > and a young white man are mixing up their fists inside some store.
> > It's not immediately clear why they are fighting. A dope deal gone bad?
> > A robbery? A racist inspired altercation. Not an immediate clue.
> > Little Luke looks up. "Is this for adults?" Without waiting for an answer
> > he pushes his way back through the curtain. I follow him on to the street.
> > It's so lovely, I think, to have innocence be such a force.
> >
> > Stephen Vincent
> >
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
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