Nestor pointed at a 15-foot coconut tree standing by the sea shore. Its leaves have fallen off and the trunk shows chipping and cuts from children trying to reach for a fruit. “Mas mataas pa dyan ‘yung alon” (The waves are higher than that tree), he recalled. The tree reminded him of November 8, 2013…
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Stories We Leave Behind
There is nothing in the world more fluid than the news. We rarely take our stories home – but there are the stories you don’t want to leave behind.
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