Dressed and coated, over-shoed and be-legginged, bundled to within an inch of our lives in scarfs, sweaters, stocking caps and mittens, we waited for the sound of sleigh bells that meant “Grampa” was coming with the bobsled to take us to “Gramma’s” for dinner.

They mostly wore the skirts and hats of Paris, and if the scene of the fountain was Arabically oriental the promenade was almost Americanly occidental.

[A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close.

Another facet of infant abandonment is boarder babies, which are babies who are medically cleared for discharge but incapable of leaving a hospital facility due to caregiver complications or legality issues […]