“But we know nothing about growing apples.”
“Non ti preoccupare” (“don’t worry”), said my father. “Levi and Dalton will show you how.”
“Levi and Dalton? Who are Levi and Dalton?”
Levi and Dalton, I came to learn, were two long-standing residents of our town who had been orchard workers throughout their lives. They knew everything about cultivating apples and, rumour had it, had actually planted many of the trees in our orchard …
Bio:
Anthony Sanfilippo is a cardiologist, Kingston resident, medical educator, and first-generation Canadian who grew up in small-town Ontario. People and their stories have been his fascination and the heart of his work and teaching. This is his first non-academic publication.