I love Muffin.

These days, thanks to the holidays, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home – mainly procrastinating (on the paper I’m meant to write), keeping house, cooking – basically the stuff I’ve missed out on in previous months.

Being at home also means that I get to spend time with Muffin, my lovable attention-seeking dog. She’s a real people-dog and here she is sitting quietly by my foot, watching as I type away.

She’s an excellent companion; most of the time we both do our own thing but a couple of times a day she comes into the study to check on me. At best, she likes putting her paw on my knee to say hi. I find myself talking to her a lot. When I do leave the house to run errands, I actually tell her where I’m going and what time I’ll be back. If it’s a hot day I’ll even leave the fan on for her.

Ah. It’s a dog’s life.