Happy New Year!!

If you squint your eyes, then maybe this close, close, closeup of a poinsettia looks like a giant fireworks, or a pinwheel...kind of...maybe

Anyway, I thought it was a cheerful blip with which to ring in the new year.
I am wishing health, happiness, love and comfort to all my friends out there. Thanks for sticking with me on my journey and for all the support you have given me along the way. I am honored to be part of this welcoming and caring community.


“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.

So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.

Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it.

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
― Neil Gaiman