Bambi

A few years ago I stayed with a childhood friend in the small town in Ohio where I grew up, a friend whom I had taught to tie his shoelaces when we were four, in nursery school. One morning I was the only one in the house, reading the paper and outside the window I saw what looked like …

Ramsey #1

A week ago I was done with you, ready to return you to the SPCA or place an ad for someone to adopt you. I was done with all the jumping up to which we said, over and over, “Down!” “Get down!” To no avail. (Well, 10 days later I can say you do withdraw …