University of Baltimore Professor Marion Winik is the author of "The Big Book of the Dead,” “First Comes Love,” and several other books, and the host of The Weekly Reader on WYPR. Sign up for her monthly email at marionwinik.com.
Wally the dachshund — accompanied by his human, Marion Winik — will soon travel to Spain to visit friends. But the prelude to the journey has not been without complications.
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