Ella Is Of One Mind

Like a room in which there are a thousand border collies and one ball.

Ella posing for her book jacket. (Author’s photo)

Remember Wallace Stevens? “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird?” There’s a stanza that reads:

I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.

Our puppy Ella is a bit of a poet herself. Here is a verse she composed. She had my…