Our daughter brought Sasha into our lives. The guys who originally owned her realized they didn’t have time to raise a puppy, so our daughter agreed to take her. But she was off to college, which meant that we would be raising her until summer. Sasha had the soft fur of a Golden Retriever with … Continue reading Of Good Dogs and Bad
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A Child’s-Eye View
When I was in elementary school, my parents gave me several “How and Why Wonder Books.” These books introduced the fundamentals of weather, stars, rocks and minerals, insects, reptiles, birds, rockets and missiles, flight, and many other topics. I was fascinated by the book, “Atomic Energy.” So much so that a couple of years later … Continue reading A Child’s-Eye View
The Unthinkable
Back in college, when we discussed the influences of “nature and nurture,” genetics and upbringing, inevitably the notion of a child “raised by wolves” came up. Fictional stories like Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan or Mowgli from Kipling’s The Jungle Book made us wonder what would happen if a child was left alone in the wild. … Continue reading The Unthinkable
Robo Santa
A Short Christmas Tale “We lost one, Mr. Dodge.” “Well, just find it. Use the geolocator.” “That’s the thing. The transmitter must be off.” “Or someone shut it down, or it’s damaged…” “Nope. The manager told me Unit 42 just walked off the job a couple of days ago. He assumed it was called back … Continue reading Robo Santa
The World According to Lottie
Lottie was born in 1935, two years after the Enabling Act, which effectively suspended the German Constitution, granting the Fuhrer virtually unlimited power. As a young girl Lottie lived in Germany during WWII. She told us her mother received a Gold Motherhood Medal (for having more than eight children). We knew Lottie (not her real … Continue reading The World According to Lottie
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