Was with my Virginia granddaughters this weekend at the Krispy Kreme store the day after T-giving.

As we were enjoying the Snowman donuts, the sprinkle ones, the pumpkin spice variety, I saw him outside the store window, downing the last of his bottle which was covered by a brown paper bag. He laid the bag (and bottle) down just outside the store even though there was a perfectly good trash can less than 5 feet away (probably taking way too much effort to discard it properly when your life is on the street).

Having imbibed the liquid part of his breakfast, he entered the store where we were and spoke a few words to the clerk behind the counter. She wrapped a single donut in a tissue and handed it to him, no payment required.

There, but for the grace of god...