So this is the new year...

...and I don't feel any different.

But enough with quoting clever and witty song lyrics in attempt to tip the scales in favor of my own creative flow...

It's snowing in Langley. Rather dark, a slow day.

I have goals for this year, but they are still in flux, in limbo even.

I miss the darkroom.
I miss my piano.
I miss my friends.

So what does this indicate? Some of my goals had better remedy or compensate for these grievances.

Otherwise, life is good. I am happy. Stressed, as usual, but lifted to a lighter, brighter, beautiful place by potential, ambition, and a little help from my friends.

New Year's Eve was a delightful time with friends, Windwalker and MaryJo, Windy's son Damon and wife Lauren, and Stephanie and I, all enjoying excellent conversation, dancing the night away to the crazy player piano, playing piano myself and having a lot of help with the lyrics, watching Lauren do a twenty minute miniature watercolor portrait of Steph that was all of four square inches...amazing. And they liked my ideas for our BEAT ICONS non-profit organization which we'll be launching hopefully this year. They even got something together for the NS. Thank god. It's always trying on my patience when I have a witty/clever acronym that is missing something, like words for two letters. Now if I could only remember them. Ner.

So this is the new year.

Huh. I do feel different. Completely. Different, like...complete. Or at least on the way to truly being complete.

My 100% is coming.
My 200% is coming too.

Here's to the t-shirt:
front: finding balance
back: 200%truthfreedombeautylove