Winnie is a gentle dog. She’s barely eleven pounds and, save for the dances of joy she’s wont to do when one or both of us comes home or she anticipates food is on the way, she spends most of her life asleep in one of her four beds -- the dog beds in my office, Roxanna’s office and the living room; and the larger one she literally herds us into each night and graciously allows us to share with her.
EVAN GUILFORD-BLAKE’s published prose includes the novel Animation and the award-winning short story collection American Blues, for adults; the novel The Bluebird Prince for middle-grade students; and the forthcoming collection Love and Loss and Love. He and his wife (and inspiration) Roxanna live in the southeastern US.