Mario's detailed S. Johnson dog memories

texture · Weston childhood; recalled 11-12 Nov YDAU

• When: Weston childhood ("back in Weston when we were little").
• What: Mario recalls in rich detail the era of Avril's dog S. Johnson: the Fisher-Price car seat in the Volvo; smuggling S.J. into Himself's Hayden opening of Kinds of Light via a blind-dog harness and dark glasses; Avril's ritual of phoning the tied-up dog so it would hear her "unique personal ring"; Orin barking into that phone and threatening Indian Rub-Burns to make the boys play dumb; Family Trivia. Hal marvels at Mario's memory and recalls almost none of it himself.