Mom has come to the realization that her petite flower of girlhood has no taste. I’ve already mentioned Alice’s indifference to the age of the milk in her sippy cup which Mom has been noticing recently. Yesterday, while we were hiking, Mom got to watch Alice eat dirt. Alice would wipe her fingers along the bottom of a concrete walkway, coated with dust, and then lick them clean. Mom tried stopping her but that just made it more fun for Alice, who responded by making “connoisseur” faces as she sampled the walkway’s wares.