July Update

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July Update

Sharpclaw Comics

Happy Midway-Through-The-Year!

I have been trying the last few months to build muscle by daily gardening (which sounds a lot milder than the actual physical labor has been) and swimming, and the results are sunburn, insect bites, heatstroke, no weight loss, no improvement in how I look or how my clothes fit, lots of extreme soreness and fatigue, and supposedly some muscle toning where I did not have it before.

I think I might give up, let the plants overtake everything, and at least have some energy to work on comics and art.

In fun news, July has many, many, many month-long celebrations, including

  • Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month 🐰
  • Anti Boredom Month 🫩
  • Cell Phone Courtesy Month 📱
  • Dog Days (July 3
  • August 11) 🐶
  • Family Reunion Month 🏡
  • Lettuce Month 🥬
  • Lost Pet Prevention Month 🐱🐶🐰
  • National Hot Dog Month 🌭
  • National Ice Cream Month 🍨
  • National Outdoor Month 🌳
  • National Park & Recreation Month 🏞️
  • National Picnic Month 🧺
  • National Watermelon Month 🍉

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 And, of course, happy 250th birthday to the United States of America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

June Update

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June Update

No News Is Good News

I do not have much news this month, which is a delightful change of pace! I am getting life somewhat in order (well aware that anything can change that at any time) and feel like I am putting myself on good trajectories that will lead to improvements soon.

One of those changes is where I post what. Specifically, starting today, I am going to try using the new Patreon Quips feature to post more frequently on Patreon.

June is a month full of celebrations! Here are a few I especially like.

  • Adopt A Cat Month
  • Audiobook Appreciation Month
  • Great Outdoors Month
  • National Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month
  • Rebuild Your Life Month <- This one really resonates right now!
  • Zoo And Aquarium Month

May Update

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May Update

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APurril And MerMay

Apurril has ended and MerMay is here! Apurril was successful in that I drew anything at all, while unsuccessful in daily drawing. I am pessimistic enough; let us go with the positive on this one. I look forward to MerMay, a.k.a. "draw just one sinuous shape for legs and ignore gravity" month.

I need to figure out how to quickly and easily share images from these daily challenges. Maybe the new Patreon "Quip" feature is worth a try for that, or maybe the "Collections" feature for posts on this page. What do you think?

April brought a major positive life change that has me feeling a lot better, but my life (especially recently) has taught me caution enough to simply hope -- rather than assume -- that this improvement stays and prepare for when it goes... or goes bad. It has already proven to be less great than promised, but positive change is still positive change.

Thank you for putting up with me. I know I have been far less creative than anyone (especially me) would like, and way more of a downer.

Happy May Day! Also,

  • American Cheese Month 🧀
  • American Wetlands Month 🦆
  • Be Kind to Animals Month ❤️
  • Fungal Infection Awareness Month <- my dog makes us celebrate this one every month