you can’t be curious and afraid at the same time

from the journal of Lena Jennings

Mr. Jordan, my sweet pup is 8 months old and he wants to be a guard dog so badly. Every sound stops him in his tracks and makes him tilt his head out of curiosity. He wants to know what made that sound, where it came from, and who did it. God forbid the thing starts moving (like a vacuum) or he’ll be out of his mind. He’ll inch closer to it but once it …