[ Another repost, from 2003. ] ________________________________ Some stories touch you even when they have no clear ending. I was recently on a week’s vacation to California. I got to see a lot of people and visited a number of places I’ve loved—old good places where I sojourned for a while with dear friends. Sadly, I also said a number of goodbyes. One was to my good buddy Chardonnay, who happens to be a Golden Retriever currently engaged in dying. Chardy used to come for runs with me … [Read more...]