Dixie and me meeting a neighbor

DIXIE AND ME

Every now and then, Dixie and I get to meet someone new. And it happened today with a neighbor.

We were loitering around the property he lives on, and he pulled up in his silver car. I expected him to walk away, but he instead greeted Dixie.

As usual, she dragged me over to her new "victim", and he laughed and gladly petted her. She did her regular routine of lying down and offering up her belly to rub. He didn't take the bait; instead, he rubbed her head and back.

Naturally, she was thrilled.

We didn't exchange names, but we did talk a good bit. I told him about me covering NASCAR years ago, and he told me about him helping rock bands with electricity and equipment.

All three of us came out of it happy. And I apologized for bending his ear.

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• ... said the spider to ...

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• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

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• Reminders for would-be novelists

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• Slogging through the Internet

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Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

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• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

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• My best day as a sports writer

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

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• Wipeout at Death Valley

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• A desperate writer working in the dark

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