Dogs & Toddlers

I don’t understand, now, why I was afraid of dogs when I was little. We didn’t have one. Everybody else on our street did. Eventually I made friends with Brownie, who lived next door and had the run of the neighborhood.

(Story stops here: sorry, falling asleep as I type.)

Puppies, Dogs… and Babies

I couldn’t help thinking of my mother as I watched this. If any of the scenes depicted in these videos had ever been enacted in our house, my ma would have absolutely plotzed. No warmups–straight up to the moon!