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About That Stolen Moment

From the March 1993 Print Edition

“ . . . saw little of note except . . . fortunately the Duomo was on that walk . . . ”: from a letter The Duomo cathedral hung its own weather  above you. A light fog, full-massed as gray silk, hovered as a helicopter might for some yet-to-ascend saint. You heard noise where hidden workmen . . . . Continue Reading »