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Actually, Walker, I enjoyed seeing the picture of your Mom and your DAWG!
I'm sad to report that our beloved Bichon, Dixie, died three weeks ago
today. She would have been 16 in October, and Buddy and I finally brought
ourselves to put her down because she had for some time been suffering from
a variety of physical problems (diabetes, arthritis, blindness, deafness,
skin problems, mental confusion - any of this sound familiar to any of
you?), and we knew that it just wasn't right to make her continue to be in
such distress.

Anyway, we had her cremated and then I went to the vet last Wednesday to
pick her up. Ran into an acquaintance there who was telling me his dog was
in for a checkup. "Well, I'm just here to pick up ashes today," I said.
"Really, what kind of dog is it?" he asked. "It's a dead dog!" I responded
emphatically to his dismay. Anybody out there know of a dog named "Ashes"?

Attached is a photo of Dixie (on the right) with our 8-year old
Lhasa-Maltese, Bamboo. After about a week of moping, Bamboo has fortunately
decided it is quite a good thing to have us both all to herself.
Ruthie




Also here is a note from Yvonne on the flag issue.


RIGHT ON
I wasn't able to attend the Reunion, but I must say that it upset me that
the time of our youth could not be looked on as the time of our
innocence. People can take any object and attach a bad or hurtful
meaning to it.
Yvonne


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