John R Purcell

        the definition of this word is this: verb 1. to defer action, delay: to procastinate until an opportunity is lost.   verbverbvvvvvv

     I was sound asleep one night when the sound of a single bark of a dog

woke me up.

     . It was a bark I have heard many times. Our pet dog, Abigail, uses this

assertive bark when she wants us to do something for her, and  without any

delay. When I became more awake, I realized it could not have been our

Abigail because she was no longer with us. Several months before she had

become terminally ill and we were devastated when her veterinarian told us