how long was i walking benny? richard said a year. it went by so fast. i'm not too keen on time. i feel it going by, but in a distant way, like the earth going round the sun. i think i remember spring fall and winter with benny. and now we talk of spring again without him. we talk of friedl walking with me and another dog in spring. but i think benny may be the last dog. each dog we lose leads us to another, until the last dog.