Zara

‘What is your dog doing?!’
[Running and jumping in circles on my bed.]
‘Yes, that’s normal. It’s called zoomies or huckle-butting.
She’ll get an energy hangover in a moment and fall asleep.’
This was followed by, ‘What type of dog is she?’
and then, the next time we chatted on Zoom,
‘Where is your dog, today?’
And that is how this book was born.

Working from home in early 2020, when South Africa went into lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, with my bed in the background for virtual meetings, the...