For almost 50 years, Don Ritchie has lived across the street from Australia's most notorious suicide spot, a rocky cliff at the entrance to Sydney Harbour called The Gap. And in that time, the man widely regarded as a guardian angel has shepherded countless people away from the edge.
It lifted off from a chair-back,
Beating a smooth course for the right window
And clearing the sill of the world.
- Richard Wilbur, "The Writer"
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
"Why don't you come and have a cup of tea?"
When so much of the news focuses on crime, deception and melodramatically bad behavior, it's great to read about people like Don Ritchie:
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