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DAY SEVEN – EMMY

March 16, 2013 7 of 65 EMMY From late 1974 until 1990, our family dogs were Tasha and then Tasha and Suzy and then just Tasha again. After Suzy’s death and while Tasha was showing her age, we were privileged to take in a new puppy. My brother Lonny’s dog was a purebred Siberian HuskyContinue reading “DAY SEVEN – EMMY”

DAY FIVE – WHERE ARE MY DOGS?

March 14, 2013 5 of 65 WHERE ARE MY DOGS? There were, of course, other dogs. For most of my school years we had two wonderful dogs named Lady and Smoky. Lady was a Cocker Spaniel Mix and Smoky an AKC Weimaraner. They had very good lives for dogs. We lived in a rural areaContinue reading “DAY FIVE – WHERE ARE MY DOGS?”

DAY THREE – REMEMBER TO EAT YOUR VEGETABLES

March 12, 2013 3 of 65 REMEMBER TO EAT YOUR VEGETABLES My father came from the Quad Cities area in Illinois and my mother from East Texas. They were both Marines and met in Washington, D.C. right after World War II. They married in September of 1946 and moved to California. About a year laterContinue reading “DAY THREE – REMEMBER TO EAT YOUR VEGETABLES”