Describe a family member.

He stands as tall as my knees & has a beautiful coat in black, white & grades of orange. His legs are white but his pads are black. His tail is average length with a dash of white at the end.

He has a pointy nose in white with beautiful white whiskers & small orange & black ears that are pointy at the top.

His chest is white as is his belly while his legs are decorated in black & orange. He wears the same collar he had as a puppy but with a new tag.

Soon he will get old & not hike or walk as much but to me at 12.8KG or around 28LBS he is perfect even if he doesn’t want to walk or cries over cucumber in the kitchen.

What major historical events do you remember?

When I was in grade school I witnessed the Challenger explosion on live TV. The teachers never talked about what we saw so a few of us students walked around shell shocked for a few weeks.

In the 1990s we had the Iran Contra mess. That lasted weeks & months on the TV. It was really boring & no one got really held accountable.

There’s been plenty more but those two defined my childhood & high school.

When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

Although I’ve written about her often she’s the person I’ve always looked up to. She was a teacher & taught so many people in her town. She was also part of the Resistance during WWII & did some great stuff for the people of Norway.

She taught me as she was beautiful both inside & out to be me & to be humble. When I’d come to visit her she always take me into town & brag about me to her friends. It was a whirlwind of going from the mall to the stores.

To me it made me feel great & she’d bake cakes & invite her friends over. The stay was wonderful & I’d always cry when I’d leave her. She’s a success to me because she always helped others & was kind unless you made her really cross. Then she put her foot down. But she was a tough woman & nothing could break her.