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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thank you all for the sweet
words and drools you sent me. I can't believe that my sweet Basil is at the
Bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I must confess that tears
were flowing the day he was helped onto his journey to the Bridge, and then
nothing. It bothered me that no tears were coming. But grief is funny and it
hits us in many different ways.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Back in 1997, when Basil
came to live in my house as my first foster boy and slowly became my foster
failure, I created a website dedicated in providing a comprehensive list of
basset hound rescue organizations (bhrescue.com). In 2005, I neglected that
site. My mother-in-law died, my Cinnamon and my Coriander went to the Bridge, a
year later, my Zack Curry went to the Bridge, and my desire to keep up with the
site waned. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>About one month before Basil
went to the Bridge, my webserver died. (I manage my websites from home.) I lost
13 sites, including bhrescue. The day, Basil left for the Bridge, I decided
that, rather than build the websites from backup, I would rebuild from scratch.
The site is up. Rescue people, please check it for accuracy. It shouldn’t
be hard to find your rescue listing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Now, onto the reason for
this post, as I was rebuilding the site, I came across an old TBO’s post
(how many of us remember him?) about Penelope and her Pups. I posted her story
under my “Oodles of Information.” As I was posting it, flood of
tears came flowing down. I was ready to cry. I was ready to cry for Basil, for
Penelope, for TBO, and for all of us who so love this breed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thank you all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Edith and the Spices
(Caraway and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cocoa</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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