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Chapter 10 of The Hand You're Dealt and yes, it really is the last from the Cottonwood House universe. However, like it says in the final author's note, I will be back in the Spring with something new, I'm not sure what yet, but I guarantee Grissom will have a starring role.
In the meantime there are a couple of Open University courses that have been sitting on the back burner while I've been working on The Hand You're Dealt, at least one, if not both, of them need to be finished by the end of January, so it's a good job that my Christmas present shopping is done and the cards are made and just waiting to be written.
Finally, a while back I promised Gator some new pictures of Honey the hamster. After illness and other commitments on Big Brother's part got in the way we finally managed to take some last week, so here are a couple of Honey, the World's first Chess Grand Hamster.