I’ve been beavering away, writing. No new publications, but I won a contest!
Speaking of beavers … Searching out pictures to convince Nick that hamster soldiers are real, I ran across references to the Hamstalfar, and thought I’d share.
https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/new-civilization-for-ff.319605/
It’s an example of the sort of thing I got up to before writing made its bid to consume all my free time: A fully functional civilization for the PC game Civilization IV, inspired by the Kibblic Edda.
John Cooper Hamilton 
You need to look through old threads on the BFC forums – there’s photos of waffle hampsters (hampsterwaffen?) there. I seem to recall that Andreas Biermann’s avatar is/was a hampster wearing a German helmet and wielding a bazooka.