Thanksgiving and a heroic little dog named True

I hope all those who celebrated Thanksgiving had a lovely, peaceful holiday. Mine was very nice. My family always celebrates on Thanksgiving Eve and on Thanksgiving Day, and one of my family members who lost her house to Hurricane Sandy insisted upon hosting a dinner at a local restaurant, refusing to surrender to despair. Just being around her is an inspiration.
Again, thanks to all who posted such warm, loving comments about Tristan after learning of his death last week.. It meant a lot to me.
I will try to catch up on all the Today in History entries that I missed, though I know that Rania and a few others took up the slack for me, which was greatly appreciated. I expect to have a new blog up this weekend, an interview with Priscilla Royal, whose new mystery, The Sanctity of Hate, is coming out now. She is one of my favorite mystery writers, and this novel is particularly compelling, for it deals with the ugly underside of medieval life, Anti-Semitism.
And here is a link to a video about a remarkable young woman and her equally remarkable dog. She has had her share of grief; her baby was born with a heart defect. And last week her house burned down, so she lost everything. But she and her baby were able to escape the fast-moving fire thanks to a courageous little dachshund named True who woke her in time to escape the flames. True was a rescue, a dog that no one else wanted because he was deaf, blind, and had only three legs, and he repaid her for saving his life by saving her life and that of her baby. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11...