tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post6091604664393044663..comments2023-12-19T23:18:30.239-05:00Comments on Reticulated Writer: Five Tiny SpoonsReticulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-73191517713863939552011-10-13T00:07:08.122-04:002011-10-13T00:07:08.122-04:00I had a black standard poodle named Sly before Pip...I had a black standard poodle named Sly before Pippi. He was her opposite in so many ways: serious, fiercely protective, a one-woman dog--mine. He thought farting was a sign of weakness. If he happened to let one slip, he gave his ass a stern glare and left the room.<br /><br />As you can see, I didn't ever write about Pippi's last days or hours. I was busy teaching and acting ..... and I just didn't want to relive it with words. I probably mentioned it on Facebook. I should have written the story here though.<br /><br />One of the things that stood out that day was that Sophie spent the night with us so she could be here and go with us the next morning. We stayed up most of the night. Sophie was pregnant, and when we got to the vet's office, our regular vet wasn't there. Another vet came in to administer the drugs, and she was pregnant too. She cried with us as we held Pippi while she passed over.<br /><br />It's still hard to write about.Reticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-60791345816541522952011-10-12T18:50:28.495-04:002011-10-12T18:50:28.495-04:00Oh, Carol -- How did I miss the death of Pippi? I ...Oh, Carol -- How did I miss the death of Pippi? I wish I had read that January post back then...and been able to send sympathy. Of course, I would have been writing in a state of ignorance of what it was truly like. And now I Know.<br /><br />BTW, it occurs to me that Pippi might be the dog that inspired the story I tell of my early wonder with being online. I think we were in a chat and you said something about your dog just farting. And I thought, wow, I am in Indiana and I know of the moment a dog farted in a kitchen in Ohio.<br /><br />Did you have another dog before Pippi, though? This would have been circa 95-96, that seems too long ago.'Zannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883332169523460695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-56927584400298657612011-10-12T10:51:24.080-04:002011-10-12T10:51:24.080-04:00According to the entry on Wikipedia two of them ar...According to the entry on Wikipedia two of them are alive. Two of them were relatively young when they died.<br /><br /> Yvonne Édouilda Marie Dionne — died June 23, 2001, age 67, of cancer<br /> Annette Lillianne Marie Dionne (Allard) — age 77 as of October 2011<br /> Cécile Marie Émilda Dionne (Langlois) — age 77 as of October 2011<br /> Émilie Marie Jeanne Dionne — died August 6, 1954, age 20, of accidental suffocation during an epileptic seizure at her convent<br /> Marie Reine Alma Dionne (Houle) — died February 27, 1970, age 35, of an apparent blood clot of the brain in MontrealReticulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05577343017332273507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5856183318248330085.post-15337623402469275952011-10-12T10:00:04.635-04:002011-10-12T10:00:04.635-04:00Thanks for the reminder .. the Dionne Quintuplets ...Thanks for the reminder .. the Dionne Quintuplets were born the day I was exactly five months old. Only two are still with us? -- that's sad.Roland VBhttp://www.wecould2.comnoreply@blogger.com