I went to a coon dog funeral last week in Cherokee Alabama. Those folks know how to send a dog off. About a hundred people there, barbeque dinner afterwards. Writing a story about it soon. Neat day in the heart of Dixie.

Best, Dick

PS When my Ernie got too old to hunt, I took him to a game preserve ocasionally and shot some put a take birds, He probably knew we were cheating, but he pretended not to notice.