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<\/a>Hyde (a.k.a. Bun-Bun) We just conducted an impromptu funeral for Hyde the rabbit. He was a good rabbit, and he lived a good long life.<\/p>\n We concluded with a few songs in his honor. I sang a very off-key rendition of the Salve Regina<\/em>, and Francine played ukulele and sang “Little Rabbit Foo-Foo”.<\/p>\n And now there’s a spot on the grounds of Pistachio House forever known as Hyde’s Corner.<\/p>\n Requiem \u00e6ternam dona eis, Domine Farewell my friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nothing says love like digging a grave in the middle of the night in a rainstorm. We just conducted an impromptu funeral for Hyde the rabbit. He was a good rabbit, and he lived a good long life. We concluded with a few songs in his honor. I sang a very off-key rendition of the Salve Regina, and Francine played […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-francine-my-love"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-hyde","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109620,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/francines-final-camino\/","url_meta":{"origin":84546,"position":0},"title":"Francine’s Final Camino","author":"Thom","date":"21 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Francine passed to God at just after midnight on June 21. 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2007-2014<\/p><\/div>
\nN<\/span>othing says love like digging a grave in the middle of the night in a rainstorm.<\/p>\n
\nEt lux perpetua luceat eis:
\nRequiescant in pace. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n