I am pleased my Medium friends got to know Carmen, Diego, and Carmela — even if just a little bit. For many years, Carmen and Diego delighted our neighborhood and passersby. Carmela was brought, so I heard, from a farm where a pond had dried up. She was the only duck left. The farmer knew about Carmen and Diego living on our neighborhood lake and thought Carmela would have a good home there — she did — for a very short time.

It’s all so terribly sad.