Here's the villain that's been keeping me from my 8 hours of sleep and my art studio. It's a very quick sketch; this scalawag moves fast. She's only 5 months old and her picture already belongs on the Post Office wall. Her name is Frankie, aka A Certain Person, aka Frances Merrylegs T Wallace. She's suspected of having taken the apple from the serpent and a host of other crimes. She specializes in thieving--hiding stolen object under her huge Airedale paws while sitting innocently next to one of her own toys.(Who, me?) Worst theft yet, my pill box. Fortunately she only ate something relatively benign. She also like chapsticks. Oh those doggie lips can get so dry in this heat. She arrived in Cambridge on June 29th weighing 13 pounds. Today, August 18th she weighs in at 27 hefty, muscular pounds and counting.

Original painting of Old Scratch lost. I took it to the art store to get a mat. I'm trying to figure out a way of blaming it on the dog. Dude Palace wants another painting of Old Scratch. Will A Certain Person give me a break and let me paint it? More news as it breaks.