The world lost a lovely lady last night in Vermont. Cheddar was a good, sweet dog with eyes that would melt your heart and a tail that never stopped wagging. She loved strawberries and havarti cheese, her daily visits with the cows in the field down the street from her home, and more than anything else, her Mom, Sally. She thought she was a lap dog despite being enormous and she was gentle with Liam from the time he was a baby, even resisting Eggy, the ultimate doggie temptation.  The above photo is of me and her when she came to see me in my dorm room at URI shortly before moving in with my grandparents, and remains one of my favorite college memories. We will all miss her very much.