Coda: I posted this in a cafe, and felt a shoulder tap.
I turned to the beaming face of a kindly older woman
"Sorry," she smiled, "I just had to talk to someone looking at a picture of The Blessed Mother"
We spent 15m chatting pleasantly abt Franciscans; I take this all as a punishment from God
Tomer Ullman
starting another review and praying to Saint Lavigne (the Patron of Reviewers) for a good manuscript