I spent Friday evening at Schuster Center, and I really did enjoy myself. Dayton Live brought in a company that projected HARRY POTTER onto the Schuster’s stage with members of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra and their conductor accompanying John William’s remarkable score. While I spent most of my time in the orchestra-level lobby chatting with David & Cathy Long, and fellow house manager, Samantha Lowe, the music was always in the background. Patrons came costumed as various characters from the motion picture, and I saw a lot of magic wands.

Yesterday, I was thumbing through Facebook memories and ran across a video of Bailey from several years ago. I played the video, listening to it via one of the Bluetooth speakers located in the main octagonal hallway. As Bailey’s bark was heard, there was a pause from the pooches, and then their reaction. Harrigan jumped off the bed and ran to the speaker where she began crying out. Chief’s head was raised and cocked, and soon he was moaning. Erma moved to the other side of Chief and whimpered. Colonel Deeds sat like a chunk of marble, staring toward Bailey’s voice. Several times, he turned and looked at me. Hoskins listened but offered no physical reaction.

I had been keeping an eye on Harrigan as she seemed to be the one most affected following her sister and littermate’s passing on December 27, 2023. She seems better but does remain in the bedroom, oddly when some of her favorite students are here.

I was moved by their painful and touching reaction upon hearing Bailey’s voice. They are not just fellow pooches in a pack, they are a family. Bailey’s physical vacancy is still terribly missed.

The weather’s unseasonably warm visit is coming to an end. As this afternoon and evening progresses, we shall steadily move downward from our current (12:45 PM) 57 degrees to 48 degrees by 8 PM. Of course, the agreeable weather has included some downsides with sniffles, sinus aggravations, and coughs as spring flowers begin peeking through the ground and birds belting out springtime oratorios.

Make it a great day!