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Some four hundred years ago my family became Americans. My ancestors were among the very first to come off the European ships and be introduced to this new world. Now, it is clear that if the pilgrims had landed in Sweden they would not have become Swedish (in fact they didn’t). If they had landed […]

I don’t like dogs very much. I was raised with a fantastic cat (and rabbits and birds and fish and quail and hamsters and frogs and geckos and a houseful of spiders and crabs plus some imaginary friends and pets and so forth) and never quite figured out the dog thing. Now I’ve baby sat […]