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14856. Ms. No - 5/7/2005 4:52:13 PM Oh, Arky, that's terrible. I'd be frantic. I'll keep my fingers crossed that she's just out adventuring and will be home soon. 14857. The Summer Woman - 5/8/2005 1:17:21 AM Wizard of Whimsy - Beautiful work. I really like it.
Um, How much do they cost? I liked all of them. 14858. The Summer Woman - 5/8/2005 1:18:01 AM Judith! Happy belated birthday. 14859. judithathome - 5/8/2005 4:48:36 AM Just dropping in to let y'all know both my candidates won today...in landslides. I guess positive campaigning DOES count for something. 14860. arkymalarky - 5/8/2005 4:56:01 AM Congratulations! It really does make a difference.
I guess by now you got my phone message.
For the other Moties, I have a sad update on Diva. A friend of ours found her dead on the highway this morning, right in the middle of the road. She hadn't been there more than 12 hours or so, because we'd driven the road the previous afternoon and there was no sign of her. She evidently got on the trail of an animal and wandered a lot further from home than she'd ever done and was trying to make her way back. We buried her in the back yard between the house and barn.
Bob and I are both really down about it, not only because she was so close to both of us, but because she was alive until last night, though she'd been gone since Tuesday evening. She was a super happy dog and loved everything about being outside and inside, but she had been getting much more bold with her hunting in the last few months. She would have been miserable penned up, but we're miserable without her at the moment. 14861. judithathome - 5/8/2005 5:07:38 AM Arky, I'm so very sorry...I sent you an e-mail. Keoni and I both are so down about your news. She was a fantastic and big hearted little dog. You already know how much we loved her..... 14862. arkymalarky - 5/8/2005 5:13:46 AM Thanks so much, Judith. You and Keoni are such fine friends, and you both appreciated Diva so much that I was dreading telling you all, and I was sort of glad you weren't home. It's been hard to keep my composure around people (and I've failed at it several times in the last few days). Bob and I have both been so sad, and we had to take his mother to Little Rock this afternoon, which turned out to be a good thing. We didn't need to stay home.
I'm glad we know where she is and she's home where she belongs, but she's been the best little pet both of us have ever had and we were looking forward to many more years with her. I think we'll sit out back a little with her before we go to bed tonight. 14863. wabbit - 5/8/2005 5:35:29 AM Arky, I'm so sorry to hear about Diva. From your posts I know she was a wonderful little dog and a good friend. Please give my condolences to Bob and Mose also. 14864. Magoseph - 5/8/2005 10:58:26 AM Oh, Arky, this is so heartbreaking--our sympathy to you, Bob, and Moses. 14865. wonkers2 - 5/8/2005 12:04:40 PM Good morning, Mago. You're up early. 14866. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/8/2005 3:14:45 PM . . . penned in Boston by Julia Ward Howe in 1870:
Arise, then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts,
Whether your baptism be that of water or of tears
Say firmly:
"We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies,
Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage,
For caresses and applause.
Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.
We women of one country
Will be too tender of those of another country
To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with
Our own. It says, "Disarm, Disarm!"
The sword of murder is not the balance of justice!
Blood does not wipe out dishonor
Nor violence indicate possession.
As men have often forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war.
Let women now leave all that may be left of home
For a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them then solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means
Whereby the great human family can live in peace,
Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of Caesar,
But of God.
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask
That a general congress of women without limit of nationality
May be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient
And at the earliest period consistent with its objects
To promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
The amicable settlement of international questions.
The great and general interests of peace.
Maybe next year -- Happy Mother's Day! 14867. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/8/2005 3:16:28 PM Condolences, Ark. 14868. Frankster - 5/8/2005 3:51:30 PM
Happy Mother's Day, y'all!
...My condolences, Arky. I remember Diva. 14870. PelleNilsson - 5/8/2005 5:55:20 PM Sorry for missing your birthday, Judith and belated congrats. I was away, at the cottage, brief report to appear in Escapes.
Arky, that is bad news. In empathize. We had to put our dog away when we left Yemen. The amount of emotion that went into that was ridiculous, but real. 14871. wabbit - 5/8/2005 5:58:43 PM Hey mags et al!
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there! 14872. arkymalarky - 5/8/2005 6:49:48 PM Thank you so much, everyone. You're right, Pelle, it is so real--a loyal daily companion is so hard to part with, especially when she's at the peak of life.
Happy Mother's Day to all you moms! Mose is on her way down to spend the day with me. We already had my Mother's Day dinner out Thursday evening to try to cheer me up when Diva was missing, so I'm glad Mose is coming over today. We've hardly gotten to see her this school year, it seems. 14873. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 3:46:13 AM I deleted #14869 (my post) because it gave more information than I intended to give. 14874. Ulgine Barrows - 5/9/2005 6:41:51 AM never trusT the moon
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14875. Macnas - 5/9/2005 8:38:37 AM Dogs eh?, and the way we come to depend on them?
I've been lucky enough to work with some great dogs. Pure bred gun dogs rarely live beyond 10 years, maybe less depending on how hard they work, so I've broken my heart many times over these last few decades.
A few in particular always twang a heartstring when I remember them. Damn it all, I liked those dogs a whole lot better than I do a lot of people I know.
Chin up Arky, don't stand on grieving and get yourselves a pup as soon as is practicable. 14876. alistairconnor - 5/9/2005 9:04:05 AM I've never been a dog person. That's what I tell myself; but in reality, I like my friends' dogs very well, particularly the way they function as an extension of their personality.
In fact, I think it's mostly cowardice, I am afraid of the potential for attachment, dependence and loss. There are also a host of practical constraints of course.
It's tough losing a friend, Arky. Good luck with finding the right pup.
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