Author: David
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The Silence is Deafening …
It’s tough coming home to an empty and quiet house. One of the things we miss most about Clyde is his constant “meows” for attention. For almost 15 years, he would wake us up in the morning by meandering into our bedroom with a chirpy “meow” as if to say “Okay you two, time to…
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A quiet celebration
My birthday this year was a sad one without Clyde around, but we made a point to get out and enjoy the day. Sue and I spent almost three hours at Barnes & Noble, getting bleary-eyed looking for books. Later, Sue treated me to dinner at Sergio’s Sarava! We both partook of the “Shrimp Quiabo”, a meal…
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Clyde Jaconetta Caban 1992-2007
Hello friends, It is with heavy hearts that we write to tell you the news of Clyde’s passing. After bravely fighting metastatic lung cancer for several months, Clyde passed away at home on Thursday afternoon, February 15, 2007. Clyde was just shy of his 15th birthday. Clyde was born in March 1992. We adopted Clyde…
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I want a new drug!
Yesterday we took Clyde to the vet. It was a bit of an emergency … he hasn’t eaten in the last couple of days plus he has been sneezing a lot recently and breathing through his mouth. He has been on the antibiotic “Clavamox” for the past week, but it hasn’t seemed to clear up…
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20 Billion Ways to Say “Happy Holidays”
The U.S. Postal Service expects to deliver 20 billion letters, packages and cards in the few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Aaccording to the U.S.P.S., today (December 20) is the busiest delivery day of the holiday season (the busiest mailing day was Monday, December 18). Christmas is the largest card-sending holiday, with consumers sending nearly…
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Butt Prints in the Sand
(The following is a parody of the famous verse “Footprints in the Sand”. The author is anonymous.) One night, I had a wondrous dream; One set of footprints there was seen. The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, “What…