Sam update: Sam had a rough day at the vet yesterday going through a battery of tests. His meds were adjusted, and he's doing as well as can be expected. The seizure has left him completely blind, but he's learning to cope. I think I'm having a harder time coping then he is. He was on the back porch sunning and must have heard me unlatch the gate to take out the trash. He came around the house and barreled down the side walk-way towards me. I called out for him to stop, but he heard my voice and only came faster and I couldn't get to him in time. He ran into the garden wagon I store on the side of the house hard enough that his legs came out from under him and he flipped completely over. It's heartbreaking. Anyway, he had another mini-episode, but recovered fairly quickly. I pulled his old puppy playpen out of the shed. He willingly spends a lot of time in there, and sleeps in there - probably because he feels safe, and his sister can't bully him in there. So, there is that. Sorry if I haven't commented on your art lately, I've just been too swamped with the Holiday Contests and other work duties. It's been crazy. The doll in the image is one of the two dolls I had hand-made based on my two most popular characters, Zam and Zan. I haven't had him out of his display case in years, and since the cover art I'm working on is a doll contest, I thought it was time he got out and stretched his legs. That one is the Zam doll.