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for Walter Rae Tickles finger-combed the kid’s sheep-dog hair and gathered it in his fist, pulling at the roots. Semi-engaged texters finally looked up from their phones. The banners announced the birthday boy was eight and that was old enough to know about respect. The kid had kicked his shins [...]

We sit in our  cruiser at the far end of the lot in Belcarra Park, where all is really calm except for the two squirrels I’ve been tracking. Observed but unreported, one has scored a cheese doodle from under the picnic bench, and the other seems determined to take it [...]