David, your story was very entertaining and heart-warming. After I read your story, I started wondering what aspect it is about nature that makes people so happy. When I started to think about the different things that people have described in their essays that touch their spirit and soul, I realized that it just so happens that none of those things can talk back--oceans, mountains, animals...all of these aspects of nature just seem to be a release for people--something they can sit by or interact with that just listens and seems to understand. Everything in nature that makes people feel happy and relaxed are all things that are unconcerned with time. Your dog Bruno is just as unconcerned with time as a river is. Maybe that's why nature is so good for peoples' health. I think I just went off on a wierd tangent, but if you understand any of that, maybe you could elaborate on it. You did a great job, and add pictures of Bruno!