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Correcting Errors
My wife was a good woman but controlling. One night, wearing old cut-offs, I found an urn on the beach. I shook it.
A small piece of paper issued. Do not agitate.
“What’s this?”
Another paper. “Voice recognition printer. I can grant wishes. Just speak. It will be printed and granted.”
“This is a bad joke.”
Another sheet. “This is not a yoke.”
Yoke? Voice recognition? I asked for a good life.
Moments later, a woman walked toward me. “Why are you wearing those rags. You have nice shorts.”
Another sheet. “Your good wife.”
“No, no,” I said. Life. L-I-F-E.”
From Guest Contributor Mel Goldberg
Hiking The Peruvian Andes
Backpacking the Peruvian Andes from Arequipa to Puno, I was out of breath at 15,000 feet. I had only a short distance to go to my lodging, but I decided to rest. I leaned against a stunted tree, opened my backpack, and took out my water and my last sandwich.
An emaciated man wearing faded pants, ragged sandals, and a traditional chullo, approached me. In Spanish, he said that he had not eaten in two days. I told him I did not have far to go, and handed him my sandwich.
He tore it in half and said, “Podemos compartir.”
From Guest Contributor Mel Goldberg
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