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Jagger in 2017.
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"Hey, human. Got any more of those ... booberries?"

It gets to be about this time of day here on deck, a nice, quiet evening with what looks to be a pretty sunset. Excellent reading weather. I can still hear Jagger working over his peanut butter and bone, getting through the layer of peanut butter to the tasty treats inside. I never thought I could miss a pet like this after losing one of my kids but damn, this is pretty friggen close to it.
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It’s kinda tough at the house at the moment, memories of Jagger all over the place; tufts of dog hair that seem to pop up out of nowhere. Coming up the stairs from the basement but no longer seeing him there, waiting for me. There’s the leash he’d be so excited to see me hold up and you could almost hear him saying “OH BOY! OH BOY! WE’RE GONNA GO FOR A WALK DOWN THE ROAD! LET’S GO!” that now hangs unused along with his collar. In the winter, it’ll be snow. Jagger loved the snow.
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My thanks to everyone. Jagger was, indeed, mah bud. I actually got him to sit still long enough a couple years ago so I could get this shot of him, sitting with the leaves during the fall. It’s one of my favorites of him, all happy af and everything. He was such a good boy.
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I regret to inform those who know Jagger he is no longer with us. The decision was made today to put him to sleep because of a cancer diagnosis that gave him, at the most, maybe a couple weeks. It wasn’t an easy decision at all and my heart is breaking. Needless to say, the date 23 July, the last time in 2006 I heard my oldest son say “I love you dad” about a week before he was KIA in Iraq, now means that much more to me.
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Jagger is the picture of a patient and tolerant being. Out here on deck and me doing my thing, that’s quite an admirable trait!
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Let’s see what’s next, Jagger. How about some Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker? Alrighty then! Doesn’t he look absolutely thrilled? 😁
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=prnbF8Eagdg

“Dude. Got anymore of those treats?”
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I’ve heard news all day, my job is news. That’s why I like it here on deck with Jagger. It’s my … happy place.
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I’m standing here on the ground
The sky above won't fall down
See no evil in all directions
Resolution of happiness
Things have been dark for too long
Don't Change
The earth
Don't Change
A thing for me

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNW6YnIAa0o

Jagger and his peanut butter-in-bone here on deck. He’ll make damn sure he gets the peanut butter on the decking.
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Not so much today, actually, although the day ain’t over quite yet. Got mah bud out here with me on deck on a fuckin beautiful evening so I have that goin’ for me. Actually caught Jagger lookin’ up from his peanut butter in bone lickin’ his chops.
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There’s this spot walking with Jagger down the driveway to the road on these pretty northern Wisconsin mornings.
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Jagger told me he wasn’t gonna look at me until I played some Ten Years After here on deck. It’s that … stubborn streak in him that helps make the turd so endearing. I played this tune more than once at my first radio gig. Then a few more times on the weekly classic rock show I co-hosted on “Radio GTMO” almost 25 years later.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2nsJIjF5E4

Jagger with his attention squarely on my ham sammich about this time in 2021.
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I have a meeting of the Winchester town board to cover for the newspaper via Zoom here in a bit. But first, Jagger and I must jam. He wanted to hear some Stones and I said “You got it, bud.”
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2cWWUHa5g

It never gets old out here on evenings like this. Jagger’s too busy with his peanut butter-in-bone to notice but I know he likes it out here, too. Kick things off on deck with some America. Kinda fits the mood.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV7dTXlXxs

It’s an absolutely lovely day for Jagger to take me for a walk down our country road here in this little corner of the great Wisconsin nortwoods.
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