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We didn\u2019t always travel during our fifty-six years of marriage and we didn\u2019t eat all our meals in restaurants. We both had professional careers and we usually ate at home, as I\u2019m a very good cook. I\u2019m especially good at Viennese pastries!<\/p>\n
I\u2019m also a good \u201cDog Mother\u201d to the many Golden Retrievers we have had over the years. I\u2019m also a gardener, bird-feeder-filler and free-lance writer. Although I\u2019d had Goldens since childhood, our careers precluded our having a dog, until the day neighbors invited us over to see their new 8-week-old puppy. \u201cI want a puppy\u201d I said to Alfred and I said it over and over for three days until he relented. And with the addition of Diora, I began forty years of dedication to causes devoted to the health and well-being of Golden Retrievers.<\/p>\n
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Excerpt from Chapter 12 (Entire chapter is 29 pages) We didn\u2019t always travel during our fifty-six years of marriage and we<\/p>\n