TWO CHILDREN AND DIXIE

Dixie and I met two children today when we went out for a walk outside. A boy petted Dixie twice, on the way down and on the way back. The girl, likely his sister from the way she talked, also petted Dixie.

Neither child was wearing a mask. Dixie wasn't either, but I was.

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• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

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