Too Big a Bite

I backed out on the dog deal. Kept asking myself, Are you prepared to run back and forth to the vet and spend beaucoup d'argent each visit? Do you really want another entity dependent on you for its social, economic and political welfare? What about grooming? Do you remember DeJuana's little white dog Shadow?

I wonder what happened to DeJuana. Last I heard from her, she was in Worcester, Mass., living with a relative, talking about moving somewhere else. Then she stopped answering my letters. She should have stayed at UAB.

Looks as if my run of book sales in the past two weeks has shot its wad. No orders yesterday or today. Maybe they'll cycle me on again soon. Maybe they won't.