Hey, my small band of furry followers. I hope that you're all doing well and that your start to 2026 has been a good one.

A few life updates: stepson is due to come off his cast next week and start to walk a bit more independently (without crutches, I mean) following the accident before Christmas. Treatment has worked well for him so far, but not out of the woods for at least another five weeks afterwards. The break was clean and there had only been one in the entirety of his leg to start with, thank goodness. Rehabilitation process starts next week for at least three weeks to make sure that he can walk without assistance, which is a positive and much earlier than had been first expected. That'll teach him for not watching as he's going on a pedestrian path and a car decides to mount it! (sarcasm, obviously)

Secondly, I do want to thank those who have reached out after I disclosed that I had a seizure the other day that wiped me out completely. I've suffered with grand-mal (clonic-tonic in old terms) seizures since I was a teenager, usually caused by intense stress rather than triggered by flashing lights or a neurodivergent type condition. I perhaps only have absence seizures two or three times a year, which doesn't sound awful (I could probably count on my fingers the number of times I've had one grand-mal in the past five years, to be honest), but the one I had last week was my first in well over two years. Problem is, this can occur at any time. I'm medicated for it and try to manage it as best I can, but it doesn't guarentee that it won't come back. When it does happen, I'm in considerable discomfort and feel dazed for hours up to days on end. You'd think that as a chef, I'd be constantly stressed out, and therefore more susceptible to these things, but alas I am not.

It did mean a few days of bed rest and not having the energy to get back to artwork. Valentines Day pictures have been completed, and instead of having a big batch all come at once, I'm planning to release one picture each day in the run up to next Saturday. These will include some (shall we say) more suggestive, but tasteful, pictures of Erin, Linh, Claire, Darryl, Katy, Diego and two new characters Deshawn and Sheila. I don't know which order I'll release them in, but they will be released nonetheless. I've started work on a new comic for Two Stupid Foxes to introduce a new character also into that universe, which is taking me a while as I want it to be super detailed and as professional as possible. If you're willing to stick with me throughout 2026, there will be more comics and even some more tummy related content coming soon.