This photo was taken during
the summer that I turned 13.
It was a great summer, spent
on a ranch... riding horses,
shoveling stables -- well,
that wasn't my favorite part of it --
learning how to drink and smoke,
etc. At some point, my
parents came to visit for a
weekend, bringing along the
fine fellow in the picture:
our family dog, Willie. We got
him from an animal shelter
for $7 (including leash!) and
had him for 14 years. He was
a prince among canines.
I'm not sure who the woman
in the photo is.