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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s a cold, foggy, dreary day in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Southern Oregon</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. And I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">m not talking about the weather.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> When I got home from work, Maggie d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Earest was outside, sitting up, but unable to stand. I helped her back in the house,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">assisting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> the back</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">half</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, as s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">he stoic</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">al</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ly managed the front half. Granted, there were several extended pauses as she</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">needed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to stop and catch her breath. And once in the house, she didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t want to sit</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">around</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">anymore</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">, s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">o struggling the whole time, she made a few trips around the house checking everything out. She didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t eat much dinner, even with her favorite chicken soup added.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I knew it was time. She was too weak to continue, so we made the final trip to Doctor Tom</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s place, where we had a tearful goodbye.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Maggie has passed quietly into the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">evening.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">For those of you who are counting, that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s three in thirteen months. Yup</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s been a very difficult year.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">The Original Camp White Hound Pack is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">gone.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The only</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">positive</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> note of the day, is that Leia Round and Dexter Dogstar are healthy and happy, and will</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">be quite helpful in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">keeping my spirits up.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Tim</FONT></SPAN></P>
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