The Shape of a Howl

Between the dog and the wolf.

A woman who lives in our little town has recently become the proud owner of a wolf dog. Every time I see it it’s got bigger, frighteningly so. The pavements here are narrow and there really isn’t room for the wolf and its owner to walk side-by-side, so she allows it to go in front of her, which it does quietly and gently. If it decided not to be quiet a…