care and compassion he deserved.

Cragin's shadowboxes are also part of the exhibit, including a portrait of her grandmother who loved clocks, and one of her favorites that celebrates "a brilliant and kind Great Pyrenees named Pooh" who was a family pet.

Many of our family and friends thought last year that we had stepped off the deep end somewhere, but we added to our young family of four with 25 laying hens, a dairy goat in milk (her milk supplies us with homemade butter, yogurt and ice cream), New Zealand White rabbits, a raised bed garden in our front yard, and a Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog.

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"After 12 years of looking at him straight in the eye, it was tough to conceive of him being anywhere else," Torre said.

For the deal to be completed, Ramirez had to waive his right to refuse a trade as a 10-5 player -- a player with 10 or more years in the majors, the last five with the same club. In turn, the Red Sox removed the $20-million club options in Ramirez's contract for the 2009 and 2010 seasons, meaning he will be a free agent at the end of the season.

Ramirez, who said he was unhappy playing in Boston and demanded that the