Cathedrals of Trash

They say one man’s trash is another’s treasure and that seems to be the case for two men who are making cathedrals out of trash. Justo Martinez of Madrid, Spain (who goes by Don Justo) has spent the last 50 years building a cathedral made of junk. He salvaged local materials and the cathedral now stands an impressive 131 feet tall, despite his having no formal drawings for the structure. Don Justo was a Benedictine monk, but had to leave the monastery years ago when he contracted tuberculosis – 50 years ago to be exact. Since leaving, Don Justo has … Continue reading

The Sock in the Dumpster

Recently it was trash day in our household. Thankfully we have a dumpster in an alleyway behind the house. Very helpful. As it had been a while since we’d taken things out (and we’d recently accumulated a lot of stuff after sweeping up the mess our son made) the waste bin was overflowing. Since it was nice weather outside we decided to have our son come out to the side yard to help us take out the trash. Little did we know that he’d given us a surprise that we weren’t prepared for. As I dumped the overflowing trash (some … Continue reading