Mean horses and happy hyacinths...

Dear Sarah - Day 91 of our daily drawing exchange

April 1, 2025
Hi Nikki,

No joke, I spent a long time today building up to the knife attack. Then I went for a walk in the sunshine because...murderous intentions. Bloodshed. Trauma. This morning's yoga-induced calm was long forgotten as pulses raced and voices were raised.

Then I drew hyacinths two ways, and now it's dinnertime. Where do the days go?

XO Sarah

Hi, Sarah -

I get it. I, too, spent a lot of time working my way into the scene during a longish writing session today but did, eventually, wind my way around to leaving our main characters in a pool of blood in the kitchen.

That pretty much used up my available creative time and energy, so I was happy enough to come across this page done some time ago depicting a different kind of bloody attack… Thematically, it sort of goes along with the work done earlier in the evening.

I have no idea what I was trying to do with these panels - I have the vague recollection that they were done in a comic-creation workshop of some sort, but I have no notes or anything to help me remember what I was thinking/should have been aiming for.

I dream of horses often - I supposed because they were such a large part of my life for so many years and I have photos of my favourite equine companions hanging in my office… maybe I’ll have a dream tonight that will remind me of the context of the finger chomp. Maybe that’s not a dream I should be calling to me…

Until tomorrow,

Nikki