Tim Dowling: my wife has fallen madly in love with a puppy called Nothing
Briefly

While I was away it became clear that my wife had been visiting these puppies in person. Shortly after my return, she persuades me that I also need to pay a visit.
I would periodically send my wife photos I thought illustrated some poignant or absurd aspect of mortality... And after an acknowledgment and a pause each time, I would receive a picture of a puppy in return.
This pedigree fox red labrador was locked in the kitchen because it was on heat, she told my sons. But then a neighbour's terrier got in through the cat flap.
I indicate that my presence should not be taken as any kind of validation of this project, which has already moved past the point of no return in my absence.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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