“Watching the Lights Go Out,” in an inspiring story about a charming, brave, Chocolate Lab named Bessie, who gradually loses her eyesight. Author Thomas W. Farmen leads the reader from the unexpected diagnosis of terminal blindness for his beloved four-year-old pet through the two and a half year transition to sightlessness.

Join us Thursday, Nov. 21 at 2 p.m. at Taylor Community’s Back Bay Community House, 66 Taylor Drive, Wolfeboro, as the author shares the story of how throughout the process, Bessie unwittingly becomes an expert mentor and teacher for the high wire act of growing older with grace and optimism.