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by Bob Waite
The news came on December 21, the shortest day of what has been the longest year of our lives.
The vet confirmed our worst fears. Our stalwart COVID canine companion, âTashi,â an 11-year-old yellow lab, has a rare form of cancer, one beyond the abilities of veterinary medicine to cure.
The only good news is that it is of a type that seldom causes pain or undue discomfort â to the dog. We, on hearing this prognosis, felt nothing but pain, discomfort, and profound sadness.
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During months of confinement, she has been our lifeline.
We are apparently not alone in this. According to Dr. Megan Mueller, co-director at the Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction, pets provide ânonjudgmental emotional support,â and studies show that âcontact with pets help reduces anxiety, particularly when you are experiencing a stressful situation.â
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The Dead of Winter
According to the National Park Service, either Northwestern Photographic Company owner George E. Trager of Chadron, Nebraska, or his employee, Clarence G. Moorledge of Pine Ridge Agency, had an Indian Infantry Company in winter uniforms pause from their training possibly as Indian police to have their photo taken in the winter of 1890. Moorledge later became the first photographer to document the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29, 1890.
– Photo Courtesy of the National Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, LIBI 00312 1095
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