Making pastry is typically one of my favorite things, but not in the summer. It doesn’t matter how much of a pro you are; heat is unforgiving to a delicate, laminated dough. That’s because the butter’s got to be this perfect magical temperature where it’s cold enough that you can handle it without melting but not so chilly it can’t bend and fold between sheets of dough. I’ve even noticed my favorite bakeries struggling this summer with over-proved dough and butter breaking out of their layered pastries.

There were four of us all fighting to gain control of the soccer ball falling towards us from above. I quickly moved my foot to knock the ball forward but instead took the impact of another player’s mighty kick directly to my ankle. I crumpled to the ground with a shooting pain in my foot. The pain was quite intense as I lay there on the ground hoping I hadn’t broken it.

This is from the GOOD OMENS kickstarter page where we post monthly updates. I will be finished early fall. Following such a positive response to Colleen's piece last month, bringing you behind the scenes into making the Good Omens graphic novel, we are delighted to say that she has agreed to write something for our updates going forward! For June, she's going more in depth into the process of flatting and the technicalities of colouring on screen vs print.

To say things haven't gone as expected for Connor Essegian in his sophomore season with the Wisconsin basketball program would be an understatement.  After suffering an injury in the Wisconsin Badgers season opener, the former All-Big Ten Freshman pick went from playing just over 27 minutes per game and pouring in 11.7 points a night to scratching and clawing his way back into the rotation on a short leash by head coach Greg Gard.

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