It is only a mild exaggeration—although certainly an overused platitude—to say that Maebel was the best dog in the world. Unlike other people who use this phrase, however, I could call up at least a dozen people who could corroborate this claim without hesitation. In fact, her mild mannered, lovable personality was often contagious. We […]

Marion started crawling on March 14th. I know this because I was out of town for the day on a class field trip and Jackie broke the exciting news to me while I was at the Burbank airport. I thought as a student I wouldn't have to miss all this cool stuff. How sad. I […]