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Meet Sierra

Somewhat reminiscent of how Chet monitors the health of the old Parsons couple next door.

https://people.com/pets/wisconsin-woman-says-dog-sniffed-ovarian-cancer-4-times/

Doggerel Tuesday

Why did the Lord give us agility,
If not to evade responsibility?

(Ogden Nash)

Science and Dog Years

Warning: math ahead.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/11/here-s-better-way-convert-dog-years-human-years-scientists-say

Beginnings

On Sundays we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel including those written under the Spencer Quinn moniker. (Ah, moniker, love that word.) Today – Nerve Damage (2007). For this one the idea really did come out of the blue, complete in all essentials, including the first sentence (below). Lucky things sometimes happen in this business.

[“From the reliably marvelous Peter Abrahams comes Nerve Damage, another top-drawer psychological thriller.”
– Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly]

Sometimes the dead live on in your dreams.