When your post inspires another post, you’re not in control of where the inspiration takes the writer. Fortunately, Dan (the other Dan) never disappoints. He winds meanders a bit, but then, that’s his stock and trade.

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coins 3I decided to write a short piece about giving a guy a couple of bucks outside a fast food joint . I was inspired , again , by a recent post over at No Facilities , about giving cash to the homeless .

I was telling a story to my friend Phil , Just yesterday or the day before , about an old friend of mine from way back , Fred Kail , who was an old man even then . We cleaned student apartments together and got to be buddies . There was one incident at the airport ( don’t recall why we were there ; probably a friend of his or mine was arriving ) and a young woman approached asking for money . Seems to me she was a Hari Krishna , or a Moonie , but that may be a memory revision of mine . Anyway…

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6 responses to “coffee and charity”

  1. Interesting story with several points made. :-)

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    1. I like the way Dan writes. There’s always a point (or three).

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  2. It is always the side stories and details that make the story so much more interesting. This was wonderful.

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    1. Dan is a master at telling the side story.

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  3. It is just like you, Dan, to inspire and then follow up with sharing another’s way of giving. I will head over to read the other Dan’s post. I like how the ripple effect works on blogs!

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    1. I also like the ripple effect. This all started over at Joey’s blog.

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