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A woman, a dog and a bit of luck

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Dare to declare who you are.  It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech.  The path is not long, but the way is deep.  You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap. St. Hildegard of Bingen Lucky enjoyed being in the sun, but she loved having the wind in her face. She would sit for hours on the front step, watching the kids playing in the lane, but her favourite times were when we drove out of town a ways and walked through the open countryside, the breeze keeping things fresh and clear for both of us. Lucky would trot ahead of me, looking, sniffing, exploring the world at ground level, always hoping for something exciting. Sometimes, she would get the scent of a rabbit or maybe another dog that had passed along the path earlier in the day and she would streak off to see what exciting thing she could find. But mostly she was content to stick close to me and walk as my companion in the beautiful landscape of the English Lake Distric...