A Barking Dog Day

At 10:00 am on April 10, 2021 I gathered with others at a rural cemetery in Jefferson County to say goodbye to Robert Michael Purvis, DVM of Monticello, Florida. Coming up a small rise, drawing closer to the cemetery, many people had already arrived. I pulled the car over on the right side of the road and parked. I crossed the road and started walking. Up ahead, about a hundred yards or so, people were walking through the entrance gates. I could hear my feet moving, swishing through the roadsi