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Living in Each Other’s Shadow

By Cahir O'Doherty, Contributor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

We should be attendant to any story that involves love, even when it’s the strange and wonderful bond between a cat and human. Earlier this summer my cat died. I know it’s not important in the scheme of things, but it left me reeling. For days I was buffeted by my grief in the most unexpected places: in the supermarket checkout line (no longer any need to buy pet food or … [Read more...] about Living in Each Other’s Shadow

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