TUESDAY EARLIER AM
Done walking, Mandy and I headed up for home. Leaving the car IDLING, for what I thought would be "a second," while I plucked spent oenothera blooms from my front retaining wall, I saw about the sweetest thing of my life: Karen, from 16th Avenue, walking dog Zuni with her “front” hand, while the trailing hand pulled a little red wagon. In the wagon? 16-YO Sam, a dog who “still likes to get out,” but, betrayed by age, gets by with the help of her friends. Engine now off. Speaking further with Karen, I learn that we are both proponents of leash requirements, having both been frightened of dogs our entire lives, and in her case, even having been bitten. We two, having overcome our fears and now embracing canines, I think you can teach …
Done walking, Mandy and I headed up for home. Leaving the car IDLING, for what I thought would be "a second," while I plucked spent oenothera blooms from my front retaining wall, I saw about the sweetest thing of my life: Karen, from 16th Avenue, walking dog Zuni with her “front” hand, while the trailing hand pulled a little red wagon. In the wagon? 16-YO Sam, a dog who “still likes to get out,” but, betrayed by age, gets by with the help of her friends. Engine now off. Speaking further with Karen, I learn that we are both proponents of leash requirements, having both been frightened of dogs our entire lives, and in her case, even having been bitten. We two, having overcome our fears and now embracing canines, I think you can teach …
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