Happy New Year!

life goes by so quickly - so another year has gone by. we have a new family now, two girls, nine and eight. i will document. in fact i've started below, sticking to a tradition, not always adhered to, to catch up to the family over the holidays. no christmas card this year; this is the closest. to it.

had surgery dec. 15, my ear still hurts, i'm only hearing out of the remaining one, and then only when the battery is charged. but i'm beginning to like the silence and the crickets - late at night, when the battery is taken off - at that point i have what is called "residual" hearing or about 1% in each ear and that's it. silence. it's a little risky to drive with it but i've tried it - mostly because the one battery dies at inopportune times.

will get the whole family picture on this blog a s a p. if that's a resolution it's one i might keep. i have writing projects too - more about them later. now i'm enjoying the freedom to choose what i'll work on.

peace and prosperity - the spiritual kind - to you in the new year.