My dear old dog is coming to the end of her beautiful life. She is 14 years old, a rescued street dog who has graced our home for more than a decade. Indoor sunshine, chasing the slivers of sunrays around the living room. A few months ago, she had an operation to remove a large growth from her face. The vet warned us that it was a big operation for her, given her age and her heart condition. The vet was right. While the operation did indeed sort out the issue of the growth, o

After a long, hot summer, the autumnal rain is finally here. The searing temperatures of the last couple of months have dropped away and it seems like all of life is breathing a sigh of relief. The rain has come at last. Heavy grey skies suggest that more is to come. Looking up at those dark, brooding skies hunched over the skyline, I wonder if they think about their life, their work, in the same way that we do. Do they feel guilty for not raining down on the earth sooner? Do

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