collecting donations; a jihad for love

Collecting donations

Yesterday the healing angel and I spent some time out in the cold at a gas station convenience store, collecting donations for nearby food pantries. Lots of interesting people people came by, but two I remember especially.

One was the woman with the scratch tickets. She had been given a whole bunch of lottery scratch tickets for a present, and she was going to cash them in. "I'll catch you on the way out," she said. She was wearing a necklace that had smooth stones in it. S...