Correspondence: Dogs on and off the leash

Edited by Moristotle

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Moristotle, how well do you wash your hands after you & Siegfried return from your poop patrols? The story “The Parasite on the Playground” from The New York Times [Laura Beil, January 16] points out that “Adult Toxocara roundworms live in the small intestines of infected cats and dogs. The eggs are excreted in their feces.” And “they can be ingested by children playing outside; the worm’s larvae have been found in the brain...perhaps impairing development.” [Read more.]
    [Uh, not as well as I should, I see!]

Correspondence: cummings & Goines, and other funs

Self-portrait by ee cummings
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Edited by Moristotle

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There is such joy to be found in helping others, you’d think there’d be more of it.