Tag: cats

  • Chapter 60. My Passion for Animals

    I have always loved animals.  My earliest memories are of my grandparents’ dog, Tessie.  I must have been two or three, and I think I remember the feel of her.  I say “think” because it might be because of the many years of family discussions about that dog ingrained into my mind.   She was a hero, a champion.  She was…

  • Chapter 18. Passion.

    I know.  You’re thinking this’ll be about sex.  It’s not.  When GB and I were going through our daily ritual of rummaging through memorabilia, I came across a picture of me when I was about 2 or 3 years old.  I’m with Tessie, the dog for whom Louis bought the house.  Tessie was my first nanny and my first dog.  I…