Alaric Mark Lewis2 days ago6 minOn a smiling captain and knowing how to loveOn the 11th of November 2014, I was on a flight to Málaga for a formal visit to a church which had offered me a position there. Just...
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Alaric Mark LewisFeb 7, 20234 minOn Pride and Joy: A letter to George Edward Lewis (1935-2023)Dear Dad, On Thursday, the 8th of May, 1975 – four days after my 9th birthday – I was beaten up at recess by a horrible bully. I remember...
Alaric Mark LewisMar 25, 20223 minOn American Graffiti, hope and the AnnunciationWhen I was a child growing up in America in the 1970s there was a romanticism about the 1950s and early 60s that was all over popular...