I knew that you had a German Shepherd (GSD), but I didn’t realize that you had 3 of them. I had one as a 7 year old, and he was amazing. I loved your story about your GSDs, and I thought it was touching. I’d LOVE to hear more memoirs regarding your GSD.

For anyone interested, there is a very moving PBS Documentary (from the “Nature” series) called “Echo of the Elephants.” It really shows how amazing elephants really are.

There was this elephant movie I saw repeatedly as a kid. Think Old Yeller but with an elephant and in hindi. Such a depressingly amazing (or maybe amazingly depressing) movie. God I wish I could remember the name of it. Elephant and boy are best friends and the love each other and are happy (skip to end) elephant dies saving little boy. Anybody else remember this???

Is it “Haathi Mere Saathi”? =) I only remember this b/c when a wedding of an Indian couple was featured in NY Times, the groom’s parents mentioned he got a haathi for his wedding b/c of this movie.

So sad to hear about the haathi. May she rest in peace and hope the rest are being looked after.

it is actually “ari”. Cooked rice is “chor”. so you eat “chor” but you grind “ari” subtle difference

I like elephants, but I think deer are tastier.

I am partial to these treats myself, old pajama.

What language were you thinking of, for “rice”?

Maitri, Yoga fire have answers to your question. I came to know from a friend that there is such a word in Kannada for rice pronounced as Anna but with more emphasis on the “nn” though.