June 2012
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At two-and-a-half, Lola has become very precise. Grandpa: "That's a nice white sweater you're wearing." Lola: "It's a jacket." Grandpa: "You're tired. Why don't you put your head down on the bed." Lola: "It's not a bed; it's a pad." Grandpa: "It's a nice blue pad." Lola: "It's green." All this precision is coupled to idiosyncratic…
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I was almost asleep but semi-conscious and I heard a noise outside. It could have been the wind knocking over a chair, but it might also have been a raccoon, a skunk, or a groundhog. Or even a coyote, a beast that we hear but almost never encounter. Whatever it was, I was immediately electrified,…