Apologies for my long absence. You know the old saying---if it's not one thing, it's another...
My sister is back in hospital. After being in severe pain since the middle of November, she was finally taken in for an x-ray and scan. This has revealed that the plate that was inserted to mend her broken hip has been constantly rubbing on the bone. I can't begin to comprehend how she managed to cope with that. All it takes to floor me is a bout of the sniffles. Talking about that, I was hit by another bug and ended up feeling crap and losing my voice for a week. I thought it best not to complain to my sister.
I've just realised that this year sees the tenth anniversary of Beau Peep coming to an end (after 38 years, I think) so it's also the tenth anniversary of me becoming an ex-cartoonist. I have no regrets. I had a good career. Looking back over the years when I was writing Beau Peep, A Man Called Horace and Andy Capp, I'm just relieved I managed to retain my sanity. Well, most of it.
Okay, that's all for now. Hopefully, a degree of normality will return and I will pop in here more often. Be safe in this increasingly crazy world!
