Here goes…the proverbial year-end blog post!
Second half is tops, right? Deeper meaning and expression, free of ego. As Carl Jung put it:
My best times in 2025:
Family!
Just had a lovely, relaxed holiday season with my beautiful, impressive daughters and loving husband.
Took trips to Berkeley and Chicago to spend time with five wonderful siblings.
A sibling collage…
A short and sweet trip to Colorado:
Good times with my law school friends, reminiscing, catching up, and laughing.
A fun visit with Kevin’s lovely, vivacious stepmom, going strong at 95!
Dance!
Stepping into a dance studio gives me instant happiness.
Every week, I taught 3 or 4 adult dance classes at Scarsdale Ballet Studio and took 2 or 3 classes.
Also taught a few contemporary classes at WildHeart Center, where daughter Lillian teaches and manages programming.
My students bring me joy. I’m so grateful for you! Congratulations to those who performed!
Fiction!
A couple of short stories published this year: “Blade” in Punk Noir (love the name of that e-zine!), and “Counting Windows” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
Started a (free) Substack, posting (when the whim takes me), stories from my collections, like this one, “At the Crypt.”
I narrated my first Dana Hargrove novel for audiobook, Thursday’s List! ’26 will see the release of the next two Dana Hargrove novels in audiobook.
The BIG news was the release of my novel Indelicate Deception to great reviews!
2026
More time with family, more dance, more fiction!
A new short story collection and novel are in the works, ETA ’26 or ’27!
Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, fulfilling New Year.
