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John Grogan was the Pennsylvania columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the former editor in chief of Rodale’s Organic Gardening magazine. Previously he worked as a reporter, bureau chief, and columnist at newspapers in Michigan and Florida. His work has won numerous awards, including the National Press Club’s Consumer Journalism Award. He lives on a wooded hillside in Pennsylvania with his wife, Jenny, and their three children.
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When did you realize that Marley's escapades might
make for fun reading?
Pretty early on, actually. Within weeks we were recounting his antics
at dinner parties, and I began trotting him out in my newspaper columns
shortly thereafter.
Why was Marley so lovable despite being such a pain in the neck?
I think it had something to do with his guileless heart and
over-the-top zest for life. Just as he was incapable of putting the brakes
on his behavior, he had no bounds on his affection and loyalty, either. Not
necessarily a bad thing.
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one: One day I was installing a new window in the house, and I had a bowl
full of sheet-metal screws sitting on the ground. Marley charged over,
snuffled his nose into the bowl as though they were candies, and trotted
off. A second earlier I had 24 screws; now there were 23. Sure enough,
within minutes Marley was retching and heaving. We rushed him to the animal
hospital, imagining the sharp screw shredding his insides. Two hundred
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