Guy H. Benjamin
Me and My Beloved Virgin
and More Tales for Me and My Beloved Virgin
Guy H. Benjamin
Guy H. Benjamin was
born and raised on East End of St. John. He is a master story teller.
His book is entertaining and informative. In a style uniquely his own,
Benjamin expounds on the sunny days spent enjoying the warm tropical climate,
the harsh fury of a particularly violent hurricane, the taste of the local
cuisine, and the social dynamics of his small community, where everyone was
familiar and few secrets went undisclosed.
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I was at home on St. John at home during the
past Easter vacation. I had gone to the Emmaus Moravian Church to practice
on the organ there, since someone had borrowed(never to return) the speakers
form the tone cabinet of my Hammond. On my way back, I must pass the
Guy H. Benjamin Elementary School. A lady is taking a picture of the
school and I stop, so as not to break up her camera. "Please come in
and pose for me," she asked. "Certainly, on condition you'll send me
a picture," I replied. "Done," she said. She took the picture
and she requested my name and address. I had a package of mail on me,
and I said to her, "Bet you aren't going to believe this," as I tore off the
mailing label from a letter. She looked at the name, she looked at me,
she looked at the school's name. She then looked again, in the opposite
order. "No," she said, "but I still don't believe it." Then she
put her worst fears into words. "You are telling me that this school
is named after you?" "Yes," I replied quietly. A month later,
I received the picture and a letter. She still doesn't believe it consciously.
One day it might strike her as being really true.
