Many thanks for all your condolences about Pearl. (Stupidly I just glanced out my office window – as I often do – to see if she’s in her favorite spot on the lawn.)

Today is the last day of the month, and therefore the last day of eligibility for anyone interested in being Chet’s December Friend of the Month. Just send in a photo (with name of the candidate). The random number generator does the rest. Winner is the profile pic for the month, and the human companion gets a signed copy of the latest Chet and Bernie novel, in this case Up On The Woof Top. (I think somewhere in the story Bernie makes a remark about human and canine lifespans not matching up, but it might be elsewhere in the series.)