NOLA STARs

O.K., Dennis, this is a topic I can get my teeeth into.

I've always had pets: dogs, cats, goldfish, a duck, a turtle, ad nauseum. Most were beings that lived their lives just as they should. Cats being cats, and dogs being dogs...you know what I mean.

But Holly Ruth was memorable. I was an Avon Lady at the time, and one of my customers had picked up a puppy in an industrial area who looked lost. She was looking for a soft heart to take the gangly pup in. What could I do? She was a customer, I took the dog.