They watched television and listened to audiobooks. They sat together while the woman did the crossword (ref.

She had graduated from art school way back when students used graphite pencils to sketch out ideas. Well, it’s been three years.Īre you still making those cards? the woman’s friend asked.īecause the woman was a graphic designer.

I’m sure it’s hard without Leonard, said the woman’s friend. Zoey didn’t like other dogs, and the woman didn’t much like other people, so they were perfect traveling companions. Hotels offered dog beds and dog parks and emergency kibble bags. The woman was stunned to discover that the whole world traveled with pets now. The woman and Zoey, Zoey and the woman, found a tenuous peace, which gradually grew into an exceptional peace. But I notice that you’re eating the chair legs and robbing me of the peace that…. Here, try it with a little chicken on top. Puppy got its way.ĭid you know, the woman said to Zoey, that you’re supposed to help me age gracefully? She scooped some prescription-only low-fat high-fiber grain-free joint-support kibble into a bowl. Ultimately, they worked out the kinks, woman and puppy.

When the woman came downstairs in the morning, the puppy lay in swamp of diarrhea and vomit, exhausted and dehydrated. Who howled the whole night inside her crate, and the night after that. Zoey stood beside her while she fitted side B into side D, and they both admired the new installation. The woman bought a large crate and furnished it with plush bedding.

Woman eating apple sketch