TED KERASOTE, THE AUTHOR,SHOWS THAT MAN AND DOG
ARE BONDED BY RESPECT....AND UNDERSTANDING...THE DOG
IS A FAITHFUL ANIMAL BECAUSE THE MAN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CONTROL TRIES SUCCESSFULLY TO UNDERSTAND THAT MERLE NEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FREEDOM TO BE THE NATURAL WOLF THAT IS IN HIS NATURE....TO HUNT , TO RUN , TO DANCE IN THE SNOW AND SLIDE DOWN SNOW SLOPES....MERLE WAS FOUND BY A VERY SPECIAL PERSON... AND THEY SPENT 13 YRS IN A CLOSE BOND....LIVING IN WYOMING GAVE MERLE THE FBREEDOM HE NEEDED TO COME AND GO....THE DOOR ...COULD BE THE METAPHOR REPRESENTING
THE TRUE BOND AND UNDERSTANDING TED KERASOTE AND MERLE HAD....IT WOULD BE NICE IF ALL ANIMAL OWNERS
TREATED THEIR PETS WITH RESPECT....AND RESPONSIBILITY..

EXCELLENT BOOK....IN THIS SELF-ABSORBED
SOCIETY, THIS BOOK IS REFRESHING...MARK SHRIVER
DOES HONOR TO HIS FATHER , SARGENT SHRIVER,WHO
LIVED BY FAITH IN GOD , HOPE , LOVE.....TOLD
YALE STUDENTS AT THEIR GRADUATION...TO STOP LOOKING AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR, TO LOOK AT
THEIR NEIGHBORS...AND WORK FOR "PEACE"......

REFLECTIONS OF A DAUGHTER WHO FINDS HERSELF THROUGH
HER MOTHERS JOURNALS.....AND A MOTHER WHO REPRESENTED
SO MUCH OF THE 50'S 60'S 70'S 80'S GENERATION....
THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME...WHEN CHILDREN GROW AND LEAVE...INTERESTING COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THIS MEMOIR..