Lessons on Mortality From My Dog

Molly understands some things far better than I do

Molly, enjoying a borrowed bone. Photo by author

If Molly were human, she would be over 90 years old

Roughly speaking, that is. There’s the old formula in which one year in a dog’s life equals seven in a human’s, but that’s been replaced by more nuanced metrics. Now you can find charts that list the ages of dogs…