Today’s episode of Our IX Lives
on February 11, 2016
at 8:27 pm
Chapter: Our IX Lives
Characters: Angora Taggart, Burt, Captain Nimble, Kit Chase, Natasha, Princess Taggart, Puck, Sir Figaro Newton, Snowball Taggart, Sweetheart Taggart
I thought this might be a fun little Valentine’s Day treat! I hope you enjoy it. Happy Valentine’s Day a few days early! <3
Oh my stars! It’s absolutely purrfect! But you know you have now opened a whole new tin of… ummm… tuna. We will expect/demand/beg/plead for more strips dedicated to the best soap opurra on TV! I’m already hooked!
Sigh… seeing the cats and mice watching together in the new break room is inspired. Thanks. And Happy Valentine’s Day!
Gasp! The robber mouse! The teamwork poster! I LOVE it!!!
LOVE!!!! Too funny!!
Oh, what a cliffhanger! 😀
I love it all, Georgia, but I LOVE the Robber Mouse stretched out on the ironing board <3!
I hope all of you are more settled in your new home.
This made me ridiculously happy.
Q:Should we adjust our expectations on posting times now that you are on the West Coast?
Posting times will most likely be sporadic as long as my children are little. I write the comic during their nap times and after they go to sleep at night. I am working on developing the comic with GoComics for newspapers, and will hopefully begin writing it a little more ahead of time within the next year. For now, this is the best I can do. I hope folks will understand I try to get it out as early in the day as I can, and if that window doesn’t happen, I try to get it posted the next time I have a moment. Today the strip was posted during nap time. The past few strips I’ve been able to post it in the morning before the Man goes to work.
*Gasp*
BCN is going to NEWSPAPERS?!?!?! Tell me more! Oh my goodness gracious, that would be spectacular!
That’s the hope!! We are working on getting the strip ready to pitch to newspapers!! There will be more on that over the year, including working toward getting the comic ready for daily strips!! I’ve been working with my wonderful editor for a little over a year on that–there are over 100 BCN strips most people have never seen yet! I hope to start showing them here midway through the year! …It’s still a little complicated, but hopefully it will *look* very smooth, and I will have a lot more information on it this year. 🙂
That’s so exciting! Your babies won’t be babies forever, so enjoy the time you have with them. (And they’re both beautiful babies.)
Good luck 😻 I would love it being a daily strip❤️
“there are over 100 BCN strips most people have never seen yet!”
WHAT?!?!?!!!!!!! 😳😍😳😍
Yes!!! They are all 3-5 panel strips, in the traditional “daily” comic format, such as the strip would be seen in a newspaper! I have been working with my editor at Uclick for about a year on them. Our goal is to keep the details and comedy of the larger BCN strips, in daily doses! They have been coming along quite nicely if I may say so, I am really excited to start sharing them soon!
Will we still get the larger format strips online (not every day, of course!), or is the comic going standard newspaper format in the future?
I’m going to move it into standard newspaper formatting, but stories will usually develop over several strips, and I will still have story arcs and ‘specials’ too. My main focus is to hold onto the details, humor, and stories that make the strip special, while making it a little easier to pull off. I love creating Breaking Cat News, but writing and painting two giant strips a week is going to probably burn me out eventually. I count myself lucky that I have been able to sustain it so far. What I would love is to have a new strip every day and try to actually get Breaking Cat News into newspapers. A newspaper strip has been a dream of mine since I was a child, but with newspapers often rerunning old comics forever, I didn’t believe it was a realistic goal. My editor and the President of Uclick both believe that Breaking Cat News could have what it takes to make it into newspapers, and I STILL ALMOST DARE NOT BELIEVE FOR FEAR OF CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT—But, I swallow that fear, and I work hard and I hope just as hard, and I try my very best.
And I am creating these “daily” strips with you loyal readers in mind too–most of all, really. The new strips won’t be successful if they’re not as strong as the old strips. I think it is going to be a lot of fun to see. I want us to all have the strip every day, with a big, beautiful painted Sunday strip at the end of the week, just like the comics I grew up reading had. And I also want us to read and experience Breaking Cat News the way we know it, with something new and hopefully funny in EVERY panel, and not just a punch line after 3-4 boxes. It’s been a challenge getting it right, but I really want to attempt it, and I hope so much that I can pull it off!
Though very different, you are in the same league as Bill Waterson.
Ross, that may be the highest compliment a cartoonist can be paid–thank you so much.
Sorry for the super long reply! This is something that is always in my heart right now, and I don’t get a chance to share it that often. It’s the mountain I’m climbing right now.
No complaints about the long reply! You answered my question and a few other things I was wondering about, and I doubt I’m the only one who was wondering. Much as I like the long strips, I’d much rather have shorter strips in a comic that will last than a burned out artist. Best of luck with the syndication push! Maybe you’ll make it in to our local paper, even…
Thank you!!! I hope so, that would be awesome!
I’d love it if this were a local newspaper strip, but ours is still running strips that can best be described as fossilized remnants of dead ends. So if Georgia manages to get BCN into the Chicago Tribune, that will be awesome—in the original, not modern, use of the term. At least it will still be online, where I will be able to see it.
It will always be online for sure, but I hope so much to get into papers. I feel like it would be an amazing thing to have happen! I love a lot of older comics but… It’s time. IT’S TIME FOR CAT NEWS, AMIRITE? WHO’S WITH ME? CAT NEWS!
yes! You’re right! News from the feline perspective is so funny! (not to them… “what ARE you laughing about hu-mon? My people’s iz so ezily amuzed” =^~^=
CAT NEWS! CAT NEWS! CAT NEWS! CAT NEWS! *keeps chanting until it’s in papers, even if he doesn’t subscribe to any*
Thanks! Any time is good time to find a new BCN.
Thank you, FelixFelix!!
We understand and will wait as long as necessary! said it before, and i’ll say it again, you are worth waiting for, and family should always come first!
I’d climb a whole novel for you.
I love that. Thanks for making Valentine’s Day fun.
Or maybe since it’s a soap opera, “novella” would be more appropriate?
While that is a really fun idea a novella is actually a step between short story and novel. It’s basically a really long short story. So if Chase wants to boast his devotion novel would be better. 🙂
“I’d climb a whole novel for you.” I love it.
Wonderful! I love the new break room, what fun! Thanks!
The absolute best e-mail is one that alerts me to a new comic strip being posted to Breaking Cat News!
Gasp! Is there anywhere product placement WON’T turn up?!
I can imagine the People’s reaction to some of this – “Who put the coffee maker down here?!”
And is Figaro using Spanish closed captioning we’re not seeing on our end?
Nothing like product placement in a Soap.
“I’d climb a whole novel for you, girl.” It’s a good thing I read that line between two bites of food and not as I was trying to swallow.
Note to self, don’t read Breaking Cat news while eating supper.
Georgia, your sense of humor is wonderful. And so perfect with your incredible illustrations.
I love your comic, Georgia! I am a pretty new subscriber and am absolutely in love with these hilarious cats. Well, this installation certainly threw a curveball. I had to check the title twice to make sure I was on the right website!
The break room is such a good idea. I love Sir Figaro pouring himself coffee, those little cups you draw are so cute! I think we should see more of him and Tabitha in the strip, they have such funny relationships with your boys!
Also, I laughed my head off at, “Cheeseball Yummy Nom nom Kitty Treats.” Pills, huh?
Love it! Especially Sophie’s picture of Captain Nimble!!! Great break room, what should be on Burt’s mug though? Anyway, hope you are getting settled in your apartment and hope The Man is happy in his new job. Happy Valentine’s day to everyone at BCN.
Thank you, Gloria!! Happy Valentine’s Day to you too! So far it looks like Burt is using his thermos mug. He’s a simple man, hehe!
Your comics are superb. I’m cheering you on to find a wide, wider, widest audience.
Thank you, Gretchen!!
Aw, the soap opera *I’d* want to see (with my cats)! Glad you’re managing to get strips out even with the move (and the weekend one too); I was able to see your comics while in California last week (had to go to the Richmond Public Library for their wi-fi as my Mom has none, but managed to see them if not to comment!), and much as I’ve loved the multi-strip “specials,” I’m happy to see the single outings again as well….
BTW, next cat we get I might have to name Pucky, just ’cause I adore your Puck so much! (But that’s a long time away, our three are all good for ages and ages yet….)
Aw, I love that!! And wish your kitties long, long lives in the meantime, ha!
Squeeee!
Yeah, my cats can’t live without their kitty nom noms either
Pawsome,pawsome!! This was Catastic to read, love the robber mice with Puck, loved the whole thing!! Take your time and do what you can when you can. Woot woot, BCN rules!!!
Telenovela !
“I’d climb a whole novel for you?” snappy dialogue. “Someone” watches soaps.
I am forever amazed by how rich and detailed this delightful world has become. It’s so full of joy. I feel like I could read them over and over again and see something new each time (like the little snail clinging to the envelope), which is one reason I’m looking forward to the book so much!
WOW!! What fun!!
Oh, that black hearted conniving papa cat — though I loved his smile and sly wink! (When I was little, I used to pretend Smarties were pills that I needed to make me happy.)
Sweet little concerned granddaughter kitten.
Dashing Captain Nimble – even more handsome than Kit Chase!
“…eat garbage.” “That’s gross.” “Hot garbage? Nothing better!”
Loved how you drew the letter! So adorable with all the extras.
And Natasha stretched out still watching the show. I can almost hear her sigh every time Kit shows on the screen.
Thank you, Georgia, for your sweet gentle funny strip. I’m going through a stressful period and having that coupled with my normally bad SAD, your strip is a breath of fresh air and SO welcome.
Thank you for appreciating all the little details I snuck in, Jude! I’m glad the strip can be a comfort right now. I’m so sorry you’re feeling down, I hope checking back here can lift your spirits when you need it. Puck has a way of understanding when one of us is down, he’d be giving you head bumps right now if he could.
Sophie is quite the prolific artist! Her work is widespread it seems… I love it!!
So many great details! The house looks like a cat face! The Bolo Tie! The Itty Bitty Mouse Mug!
And yes, much love for ‘I’d climb a whole novel for you’
thanks Laura, I totally missed that!!! It looks like a very happy Lupin!
It took me a couple of re-reads to notice the house looking like a cat face. That’s such a great detail.
It was awesome..thank you for another wonderful strip:)
your strip just brightens my week. Your talent is amazing thank you for sharing it. When I have done grieving for my special house rabbit. Your shelter cats report has aspiring me adopted a senior cat
Aw, I am so sorry for your loss–thank you for considering a senior kitty, that is wonderful of you! <3
Catfood bowls with cut crystal glasses… trés fancy feast!
Loved the “novel” line as well, but I especially liked “Oh, this life of lavish refinement and indecision…” I’d love to see a poster of this panel…
This strip is awesome always, but this one has to represent something of an all-time highlight. The whole concept, the kitty names, the break room, I could just go on and on. Really marvelous!
4th time through and I finally caught who painted Captain Nimble’s portrait. Sophie has many hidden talents.
I missed that! Awesome!
Also! There is a SNAIL on the letter! The little girl is named sweetheart (in the tags)! Figaro is old school, he’s got a notebook in his pocket.
They’re eating out of cat bowls! ( Given their obvious wealth I would have expected the crystal goblet from the Fancy Feast commercials ).
Why is Angora the only one with an ‘A’ name instead of an ‘S’ name? My theory, A is for she was Taggart’s Love Child, named by her mother and then “A”dopted into the family. Meanwhile, her twin sister is stilll with their mother, ala Parent Trap. Far out? Nothing is too much for a soap opera!
Next year, we need a novel-climbing valentines card in the store 🙂
Ah, but given their colouring, they are obviously silver cat bowls, silver tableware being traditional for old wealthy families (I read too many Golden Age detective novels).
Once again, Georgia shows meticulous research behind the scenes.
That kit chase-what a handsome scoundrel he is. True story-today, while walking the dog, I saw a calico with a black patch of fur around one eye and an orange patch around the other. I thought to myself “that looks a lot like Kit Chase with his eye patch”.
I love, love, love the Kit Chase strips and it never fails to crack me up that the robber mice do, too. They are all worth waiting for-so don’t give a thought to making us wait a little for this fantastic, free content. I am just so glad you are back.
On a more somber note : I saw the Valentine previews of your cards, but was never able to locate them on Zazzle.
Thank you, Martha! I’m sorry you never found the Valentine’s Day cards! 🙁
I love it! A soap opera (so dramatic!) and the CN crew members plus even the occasional robber mouse hanging out in the “break room” using the ironing board as a table. Georgia you are totally amazing. Cat speed to you in your plans!
But… but… but… HOW COULD YOU LEAVE IT THERE? Will we ever know if Captain Nimble is alive? Will Father run out of Cheeseball Yummy Nom Nom Kitty Treats and have to make due with *gasp* SALMON Yummy Nom Nom Kitty Treats for his heart condition? Will he even *want* to, knowing that Captain Nimble was on the boat that caught the Real Actual Salmon that’s in them? WE MUST KNOW THESE THINGS!
Also, “I’d climb a whole novel for you” is possibly the most romantic line ever. And the look on Angora’s face as she says “That’s gross” was great, too.
Thank you, Kevin!! Maybe one day we’ll catch another glimpse of ‘Our IX Lives’ over Burt and Puck’s shoulders!
So many wonderful details. Love that the front of the house looks just a bit like an architectural version of Lupin. And that teamwork poster would have been perfect for my classroom back when I was teaching.
Ha! Brilliant! Once you pointed it out, the house is so obviously Lupin!
This is great! I love the Valentines soap opera. “Oh Father”. “Oh Grandfather.” He really has them going. Will Angora go away with Kit? Tune in tomorrow for the answer. Will the answer come tomorrow or two months from now? This will be the best soap I’ve ever watched. Thank you Georgia.
Burt’s stripey tail is so cute! Love all the details in this, but having our own big Ginger tabby the tail detail made me the happiest. 🙂
I’m thrilled that we get to watch an episode of Our 9 Lives! A whole new cast of characters to go ga-ga over! Thanks for a great comic, Georgia!
Love, love, love this! Plus all the little details, most mentioned in other comments. I’ll add that I enjoyed seeing the Taggert “T” pop up. I spotted the one on the house and the stone T underneath Kit. Have I missed any others? Also, that kitten. OMG, so cute. And her name, Sweetheart, is precious!
Georgia, you’ve out-done yourself again…all the detail and the “Soap” story-line !!! But, my fave li’l tweak is Pucky’s pink little pad, showing under the Break table/ironing board ! Awwwwwwww!
Sigh,
Where to begin, the break room, the mouse, The soap opera, Kit’s purrfectly smoothed fur… Too much greatness from a talented artist… Congrats and enjoy California Georgia… I stayed in San Fran for 6 months myself, seen china town but came back to Florida ( everyone missed me )
*ahem* If I may,
This particular comic today, aside from all its goodness of neat stuff that, we loving readers, points outs in the comments ( love it ^^ ) but this time, this story hits me right in the heart, and with Valentine’s Day coming, I’d want to take time and say my part…
I met a good friend in June, and we went our own ways. I had to train my mind and body to be more stronger and independent. When the time was right, we got back together in November and I vowed to stay by her side no matter what. Reading this comic just now, I feel a Kit Chase in my soul. To protect our love, no matter the challenge! *Grin*
Thank you Georgia. I should mention, my sweetie doesn’t do Facebook, so I sent her some Valentine pics of the BCN crew ( We are both cat lovers and she owns a gorgeous white fur cat named Beau). It made her day! And from time to time, I let her know when the new comics are posted…
Indeed I’d climb a novel for my sweetie but *ahem* after re-reading, I’m confused about a few things:
1.) what’s Natasha drinking? 😉
2.) (ONLY A Theory) I’m taking a guess from panel 3,4 and 6.. Angora and Princess are sisters and Snowball is Princess’s daughter er Kitten.. Which leads me to….
3.) Who is Sweetheart Taggart mention in the credits??? *Cue Dramatic Music!!!*
I wish there’s a edit button.. I remembered now my BCN history… Snowball is the happy, fluffy cat, so Sweetheart is the kitten…I need my catnap
Snowball tagggart is the richest cat in town 🙂
Yep, That’s why he’s a “Fat Cat” 😂 *Cue audience groans*
( History lesson to the young kids: Fat Cat is another term for a wealthy person.. 🙂 )
That is excellent!!! I wish you and your lady much romance! 😀
Thank you Georgia!! This is a delicate part of life so we aren’t rushing into things. Question: What channel are the BCN watching their soaps? I figured if us people watched the same channel, we would just hear meows, or subtitles..
And as a present to everyone..
Panel 7 Snowball: Thank Goodness for my pills..
Panel 8 Narrator sings “For the taste that can’t be beat! Yummy nom nom kitty treats!”
Panel 9 Snowball winks…
I still have not worked out how their channels operate… I imagine I never will, and most likely will leave it up to cats being mysterious. 🙂
I love this. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of this cat soap opera.
So, if the BCN crew have soap operas, and we’ve seen that the Robber Mice use a smartphone as a big-screen TV, I find myself wondering if the gang have had exposure to Neko Atsume, and if so, what their thoughts / feelings on it are?
In real life the Toddler insists we show it to them sometimes. They are a bit befuddled… We love it though!
How’s life out there in Viejo Gato! 😛
I have only one reaction to this magnificent strip:
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!
I adore this!!!
Love the eye patch and the leather jacket on Kit! Bet I’m not the only one who recognized that nod to “Days of our Lives”…
😉
This is also the first time I’ve seen a kitten in this comic.
I was wondering if anyone would point that out! Yes, that’s the first kitten to appear in Breaking Cat News! She is really fun to draw, kind of like a little potato, hehe!
But what about those little cuties in the Quinn Shelter (including Baba Mouse being fed)? And the kittens getting a rough start in life in the Shelter Cat special report?
Very true!! More accurately, she is the first kitten character! (And yes, folks who have noticed/asked, her name IS Sweetheart Taggart 🙂 )
*squeeeee!*
This is the Only soap I want to watch. Ever‼
And the moon is made of green cheese! I love how the house looks like Papa Taggart. Fabulous details, Georgia; thank you so much.
I love how the letter is return addressed simply “The Sea” lol; this whole comic is fantastic beyond words. So much <3 Georgia. Thank you for keeping up the awesome.
This is so wonderful!!
Brilliant! I can see why everyone in the Big Pink House is a fan. Looking forward to the next episode!
Correction every cat in the big pink house is a fan the humans don’t watch “our IX lives”
And the mice! They watch too!
must. do. more! 🙂 I must know that is in the letter, will they ever figure out those ‘pills’ are not pills? will she eat hot garbage?? more more more!!
The barnacles and snail on the letter ! The sea star postmark ! The shell stamp ! The seaweed ! The tiny little strapless dresses that princess and angora wear to dinner ! Little sweetheart tagggart/nimble ! I must disagree with some of the other posters here, though: NO one on the soap is more handsome that Kit. Will he ever convince Angora to join him in the wandering lifestyle?
Another fab day in the lives of our dear kitties. But may I ask is that “Goldfish” brand coffee El Gato is pouring in the last panel?
“This life of lavish refinement and indecision” – another time I’m glad I didn’t have a mouthful of coffee while reading this because I would have snorted it through my nose laughing. Just perfect. The kind of thing I imagine my boys watching when I’m at work: “All My Kittens,” “Little Cats on the Prairie,” “General Veterinary Hospital.”
I would totally watch little cats on the praire
“I’d climb a whole novel for you, girl.” – This is a priceless line!
Princess really only had one kitten? That seems too few. Perhaps we’ll have a long-lost set of siblings show up later, one by one?
😉
It’s a soap! Would we expect any different?
Hmmm…, am I seeing things, or is there a Mouse in the Moon? Could be a teddy bear face, maybe. Georgia, is this another one of your Hidden Gems?
Oh the suspense! Long live BCN! I can’t wait for the book, the newspaper strip, etc etc etc. But I will dear. Priorities are family time and savoring their youth. Now to go look up who or what Neko Atsume is. 🐱👍
hoping all goes well on moving day.
you got the apt. you wanted Yippie! and now at last the move is almost over and ( the best part) the settling in part is about to happen.
p.s. when we moved into where we live now the first couple of days one of our cats moved around with belly to the floor and ears set to high alert status. our other cat was simply a streak of fur seen moving from room to room losing himself under furniture. once our sofa was finally in its place and we starting hanging out on it they calm down. just knowing that the bed and the sofa was always in the same spot and we could be found there or in the kitchen cooking really helped them feel secure.
how are your cats dealing with all?
So far they have done amazingly well. I am hoping that when we bring them to the new apartment in a few days (we’re setting up the new apartment while staying and sleeping in corporate housing still for a few days, to ease the transition for cats and kids alike) and they see the couch and our beds and their beds they will be even more at ease.
what a great plan that I’m sure all family members of the family ( two an four legged) will benefit from. nothing like climbing into your own comfy bed at nite when everything else is still some what messy.
i keep thinking about the cats and what they view from the windows. also know as cat tv.:)
“oh wow what is that bird and did you see the size of that cat”
picture me with the giggles watching thier expressions Hugs 2 all
Gosh, another wonderful winner! If they ever award oscars for cartoons I am sure you will be best in show!!! Love everything about BCN, always worth waiting for xxx
Just had a thought, how could Baba Mouse have missed this episode of Our IX Lives? Burt may be in trouble!
I’ll bet that Bert’s only there to set up the breakroom TV. Baba Mouse and the rest of the robber mice are probably watching back at the barn!
What’s in Sir Figaro Newton’s pocket? It looks like a brush.
It’s a little notebook. 🙂
Awesome!
Any chance the mice will be getting a regular (or irregular) segment on CN (the in comic news I mean.)?
It’s very possible. 😉
Can’t wait for the next episode.
Shouldn’t Angora call the big male “Grandfather”, not Father?
I was confused because Princess was wearing a purple dress and Angora was wearing a red top with pink polka dot bottomed dress. Yet you had Angora calling him “Father.” Or is it that you designated him as his NAME was “Father”?
Angora and Princess are Snowball Taggart’s daughters. Sweetheart is Princess’s daughter. I may make a character key for Our IX Lives if anymore “episodes” air. 😉
All cats demand that more episodes air!!!! This is wonderful stuff—and I don’t generally watch soaps. This one, I’ll follow.
My favorite part is the “house” cat in the opening panel.
I still miss MacDonald Catty as old Tom.
Our Nine Lives…I’d watch. ;P
So Snowball Taggart does not have Kit’s heart or his own. Whose heart does he have?
I agree with the other posters who state this is the best soap opera ever. It is beautifully over the top.
I’ve been so ill with the flu this past week that I feel like I just want to be put out of my misery–if it wasn’t for your inspiring, hilarious, and endearing comic Georgia, I just don’t think I would have found a reason to smile today. Thank you for always giving me a reason to smile and think of something positive. 🙂
You’re welcome, Brianna! I hope you feel better soon!
Thanks! I may not have a cuddly kitty to curl up with, but my hubby makes an excellent spoon. 🙂
Viejo Gato and Kit Chase exist somewhere in Orange County, California from that ZIP code. Santa Barbara and the Bold and the Beautiful are the only human soap operas I know that took place in Southern California. I think people like being able to use snow as an easy indicator of the seasons…
I loved Santa Barbara as a kid. 🙂 I was probably too young for it, but I adored Eden and Cruz!
Absolutely wonderful, but with Sir Figaro in the laundry I can’t help wondering what’s happened to Tabitha Darling – and how will she re-act to all these girls kitties – being an alpha female and all
Love you you made the mansion in the opening panel use catlike architecture.
Great strip, especially love the return address on the letter but I think you missed an opportunity by not naming Princess “Brandy” Or am I showing my age?
i just realized: that song has been in my head for HOURS today, after reading your comment and Cliff’s further down. *shakes fist*
I’ve been reading this over and over since it was posted and I just realized that just the way houses have a way of looking like faces, the IX Lives house looks like a cat face. The top windows are shaped like kitty ears and and the crest over the door is a little like a cat’s nose…
Please make a episode 2 of this please that would be so cool!
And Brandy does her best to understand
Love the cat face-shaped house.
Re-reading the old strips to fill the days until we get new material (already missing the daily dose of awesomeness since the completion of the Christmas special). I am such a total goof that I didn’t notice until today that there is a “cat face” on the front of the Taggart mansion… I guess I’m more than a little slow…
Wishing you a spectacular 2017, Georgia! May it bring joy and prosperity to you and your entire family.
Cheers!
OMC did sophie paint that picture? it says her name on it!
How can I access “Our IX Lives” episodes 2, 3, 4, and 5, please?
I’m rereading the whole series for a large dose of smiles, and I can’t find those episodes.
Thanks, Georgia. “Breaking Cat News” my favorite, and I’m a comic buff.
Ah! Figgered it out.
BTW, I love BCN, and I’d love to see another book, especially with the marvelous watercolors that had to go by the bye when the
format had to change for the newspapers.
Thank you, Sue! I have high hopes for another book myself. Hopefully one day!