I don’t know how much longer this (iTunes link) will be up, so dl it today and give it a listen.

The Moth is “true stories told live” without notes. There is a podcast which I love listening to. It’s like This American Life without the host. I just heard this amazing story (iTunes link) by Ava Kay Jones.

Her ancestors are not my ancestors and her gods are not my gods, but her saints are my father’s and my mother’s saints. Her story spoke to me and when she cried “Ashay! Ashay! Ashay!” (if that is how it is spelled), my soul cried “Ashay! Ashay! Ashay!” with her and with the people in the Superdome. Time and space collapsed and I was there instead of here, then instead of now.

Give her a listen.