Gus’s new soft muzzle arrives today, courtesy of our vet. This will hopefully enable him to be outside as much as he wants, but unable to scarf up the animal and other leavings that may be contributing to his gastrointestinal difficulties. Gus, we are learning, has become  a sun worshipper in the cold weeks of this winter.

He follows the sunbeams around the house as they move through the day, he is one place, then the other. Small dogs move more frequently than big dogs, and you very often do not see them do it. Gus is a mystical dog, sometimes, he appears here, and then there.