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Published: November 2021 in Conceit Magazine Sarama, a chalk-white Scottish terrier, trotted easily, straight up the middle of Rillito River’s dried-up bed. Her black nose quivered as she paused momentarily to inhale the pungent aroma of dead brush and tawny grasses, seared under a hot Tucson sun. She noted her beloved human, Gina,…