eleven years goes by so fast

Eleven years ago today, B went out with his friend to the Stanford bookstore. They were supposed to by a Mac. Instead, B came home with a copy of Photoshop (or was it Page Maker?) and a cow. How very Jack in the Beanstalk of him.

When he arrived home several hours later, he was ringing. Or rather the bag he was carrying was. When I asked what he had in there, he pulled out a black and white stuffed cow. She had a red and white ribbon around her neck, and attached to the ribbon was a bell.

The cow was included free with his purchase. It is a holiday promotion the bookstore was running.

He said she was for me. I named her Molly, and except for part of the first summer I spent in Austin, she has been on my pillow (or should I say her pillow) ever since.

We did have to remove her bell. It actually started to turn green. But beyond that, she still looks the same.

Molly is far from an ordinary cow. She has a blog of her own, although she hasn't been writing much. Instead she is working with her buddy, Zero (aka Browniecow) on another site where they will review children's books. Stay tuned.

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