My Dear Reader. I sit before you and breathe a heavy sigh of relief. I can now say that the holidays have ended, share with you that closure was obtained on a friend's death, limits of love continue to be observed, and once again I retreat to silence and my studio for respite. I am hiding in a blanket of snow, burrowed away, at peace with my imagination as bells toll the time and sing a bright song above me. Honored with Best of Show in the "Faith" exhibition in Georgia and with a year long residency, with free studio space here in Wisconsin, at Christ Church Cathedral. The kindness of strangers sadly brings more comfort and unabashed acceptance than from loved ones sometimes. Such a bittersweet lesson to have to learn over and over and over...