Celebrity guest star Paula Poundstone reads DINNER AT THE PANDA PALACE to friends in the studio and kids at home.

How were you and Harry united? “There once was a puppy nobody wanted. I was told his chocolate-dappled coat wasn’t a desirable color for a dachshund. (Really??) He was tweenie-size, instead of mini. (Shame on you, puppy!) He was getting a little old. (Aren’t we all.) (Coffee With a Canine.)”

ROSIE, A VISITING DOG’S STORY “Rosie the visiting dog enters the Village Nursing Home on Hudson and West 12th Streets softly, slowly, pridefully. She may look like a black-and-white throw rug ….” Robert Lipsyte, NY Times