Everywhere I go, people ask me where Red is. The women working at the Moses Market (yes, the descents of Grandma Moses, who lived nearby) threaten to withhold sweet corn if I don’t bring Red around to see them.

He is shameless, he will sit and be stroked and admired all day. I go to the Moses market almost every day in the summer, we eat almost all of our meals out of that market until October. The summer has been hot, and I don’t like to take Red out in the car if it’s too warm and I have to stop anywhere.

I’ve also been spending a lot of time at the Gulley’s, and they have enough dogs there, no room even for a therapy dog. They were very happy to see him. I warned them he would break their hearts, he has girlfriends everywhere.