Eric Krewson and the band he headlines, The Chairman Dances, wrote a song that celebrates the friendship of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. And that song will shortly be on its way to the Vatican.
‘’I sent him a copy with a handwritten letter. I had recently seen his documentary,
A life on our Planet, and
I felt there were a lot of parallels between what he was saying and what’s in this book.’’ And then one day she received a handwritten reply from the man himself, on headed notepaper. ‘’I was shocked, absolutely shocked. It was pretty special. I’m going to frame it. It’s just a couple of lines, but wow.’’
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Inglewood author Helen Griffiths plans to frame the handwritten note she received from naturalist Sir David Attenborough.