Hope all are enjoying the weekend! It's been the hottest day of the year so far in Anchorage; for us, that's around 27°C (80-ish °F.) Probably not hot for many others around the world, but you have direct, low angle in-the-face sun as late as 11 PM in a city where very few buildings (and none of the houses and apartments) have air conditioning!

I spent the day volunteering for the women's clinic booth at Pride today; everyone was doing their best to beat the heat. The queue for shaved ice was at best 50 people long! It was a test of endurance, but it was great seeing so many old friends again.

My drawings are in the pipeline but are going to get a little slower as Super Mario Maker 2 just released!

Are you a Super Mario enthusiast?

The new game has given me another opportunity to create cool things, like Mario levels! I'm busy establishing myself online. If any of you own a Switch with the game, I'll post my Maker info once I get things going so you can follow me and play my levels! If any of you have created content, let's share Maker IDs! I may even try to make some courses based on my story.

As for the story and drawings, Part 5 is on the way, and a bit of a preview: Phoebe finds two young Ralts in the wild. She communicates with them and asks them to join the party! Randi has to figure out what to do with the jumble of Ralts running around at home after being used to living alone so long.

Also, I am also thinking about interspersing current story drawings with the catch-up ones. What happened with Paige's advances on Randi, and can Phoebe (as Gardevoir) successfully change the future? I'll be sure to make the timeline very clear for any jumping back to the present I do.

Stay cool this weekend!

J