What Dead Romans Have Taught Me About Dead Batteries and Dead Bodies

A Year in the Death 2/23/21

Marcus Aurelius’ statue in Rome. TravelHS/Shutterstock.com. Image used under license from Shutterstock.com

My vehicle battery died this morning.

I was in the parking lot at our veterinarian’s office in Boulder and left the radio and heat on during our 10-year-old Golden Retriever Athena’s acupuncture treatment. I did so because I had our nine-year-old Golden (Apollo) with me. He’s much more high…