I find it particularly difficult to pinpoint when and where I grew up. I was born in Providence, Rhode Island, then moved to Hockessin, Delaware. Portage, Indiana. South Bend, Indiana. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. All more or less the same place, the same suburban house, but different backyards. The South Bend Backyard was a flat, grass patch, with a couple trees. It held my first memory of my dog, Gromit, playing with my sister and I. Gromit was the same age as me my entire ch