Irish monk St Kevin was praying with outstretched arms when a blackbird landed in his palm and constructed a nest. He held his hand outstretched until the hatchlings flew off. An apt metaphor for the vocation of an editor and writing about sts for
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See the amazing poem by Seamus Heaney: “St Kevin and the Blackbird” poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/st-kevin