NOB HILL--1500 miles away from here and 50 years ago, an eleven year-old boy sat in the living room of his Rockford, Illinois home watching the family dog Beauty. With chores and homework ahead of him, the boy looked at the sleeping pet and wished he could trade places...that life could be that simple and easy. Now, 61 years-old, retired, and sitting in the living room, I look at the dog Baby sleeping on the porch and wonder about how alike our lives are. Only it is not "simple and easy" that we share. What we share is Waiting. Waiting.
In 3 hours MaryAnn will be home. In 4 hours we will be eating with Mike and Carol. In 5 hours we will be at the art gallery with Russell Adams and Sam Pillsbury. Then coffee. Then home.
Simple. Easy. (right?)
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