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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Black lives matter, and I will continue to say it. Stop killing black people. All of us white folks–and that includes me–need to listen to our black friends and support them. What can we do to help? We must all renounce racism; we have to speak up about it; we have to stop injustice when we see it.  Racism is deep in this country, and it is the fault of all of…

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Finnegan the puppy

A Puppy, Ringworm, and COVID-19

Life With a Puppy Named Finnegan, Ringworm, and COVID-19     “I can’t send him back because I fell in love with him.” Those are the words I wrote to the breeder of my barely 4-month-old Norfolk terrier puppy “Finnegan” when he was diagnosed with ringworm and she offered to take him back. How did I discover he had it? I woke up, in my daughter’s house in Florida, my chin and neck sporting round,…

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