Can one’s tear ducts dry up with enough crying and wailing?

Snoopy is not the same, and you can only imagine the fear we had when the smoke detector went off last night at our friends’ house where we’re staying. I ran out back and strongly smelled smoke, but then I realized it was the sooty computer equipment from my house airing out in their backyard. Ultimately it was a false alarm with their detector battery, but the timing was more than nerve-wracking. Snoopy agrees!

Miracle survivor Snoopy snuggled up in a sweater my mother knitted years ago before she died. My dear friend Steve washed it with some vinegar concoction and it’s good as new: