Surprises

My freshman year at the U., the dorm had a dress-the-dolls-for-children Christmas contest, and I won it. My prize was a sterling silver fork, my first piece of silver.

Last night or this morning I had a dream almost identical to that, except the doll was a look-alike Maureen O'Hara Barbie doll. Come to think of it, the doll I dressed was really red-headed. (In the dream, the contest judge was Alex Trebeck.)

I also dreamed I heard scratching at the door, got up and looked, and it wasn't Gretchen, but a big black-and-tan-and white collie.