i spent the last seven nights at seven different places: starting from virginia down to north carolina further south to gerogia then back to virginia and up to pennsylvinnia and now in massachusetts.  it has to be record for me.

i was supposed to come up here to help my sister to take care of her terminally ill dog, whom, as it turned out, was in so bad a state that she had to be put down a week ago, before i could start my way up. it was quite a blow for all of us. pearl had had cancer for sometime, but it seemed to be under control. so none of us was mentally prepared for such a fast downward spiral all of a sudden. she was an ambassador of good wills, the gentlest thing i've ever known.

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