Another tribute to my long-time buddy, Roscoe (1993-2010), found while searching through the Plain Sight archives...

I had to say goodbye to my buddy Roscoe this morning. He was 17 and a half years old--80 something in human years--and his health had been failing for awhile. We shan't see his like again. Why does an affected line like that occur to me? Probably a way to mask emotion...