Day 098h: Another newfound Friend … (July 21, 2019)
For all their reputation as being rage-filled, territory-harboring, limp-souled lunatics, I personally had mostly positive encounters with the dogs I encountered along the Camino – with this day’s canine meetup being one that was especially sweet …
“Faithful and loyal and true, you share in our sorrows and rejoice with us in our triumphs, the truest friend we ever have known, a better friend than we deserve. You have thrown in your lot with us, through thick and thin, on battlefield and hearthrug, refusing to leave your master even when death and destruction lie all around. Ah, noble dog, you are the furry mirror in which we see our better selves reflected, man as he could be, unstained by war or ambition, unspoiled by greed or deceit.” ~ via Connie Willis
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