Good morning. 
20 March 2025
I was up before four this morning because Ben needed to go to the bathroom. He sat outside the bedroom door barking until I got up, but I don’t mind—I’d much rather he bark than the alternative. I watched him venture cautiously into the yard, hesitant to go too far. Being an old dog, his eyesight isn’t what it used to be, and the darkness makes it even harder for him. He kept glancing back at the lighted doorway, as if to reassure himself that it was still there. Once the dogs were back inside, I fell asleep in my recliner until Charlie started waking me around seven. As usual, we had our morning battle of wills for about half an hour before I finally got up to feed them.
"I learned from my dog long before I went to Gombe that we weren't the only beings with personalities. What the chimps did was help me to persuade others." - Jane Goodall
(Ich musste niesen und das war der Blick 
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