Well, It’s another new year and we start all over again. Every year goes faster and I just keep trying to dig my heels in and keep that locomotive “time” from making headway down the tracks. Unfortunately, I’m no John Henry and I guess I’ll just hang on to the caboose and head to wherever life takes me while I can. December was a crazy month, I had my last show on the 6th at Winterfair in Columbus and won an Award of Excellence, which was a nice surprise. Then we hustled back to KTown and headed out to Cali to visit my son, Griffin and his girlfriend Nereida in Venice Beach. We had a fabulous time there for five days visiting the Broad Museum, the Getty and taking in the great Christmas lights around L.A. If you ever get out there around the Holidays, you have to get to Woodland Heights. I have never seen better Christmas house displays. It was amazing. Every house within about three miles was lit up to the nines. There were food trucks and marching bands and people selling light-up toys and the Best, and I mean the Best house decorations I have ever seen…It was Magical. We also walked the canals one night in Venice and they were lit up incredibly too. Can you tell I love Christmas? Gotta say, it’s my favorite Holiday and when I got home I had two days to put up the tree and get ready for my baby girl, Keegan, to come home from Germany. I got it done somehow and when Keeg’s came through the door she was happy to be home. Having Keeg’s home is like having my air supply back. We are really close and well, Germany isn’t a car ride away. I won’t bore you with all the details but we had a great time going to movies (Star Wars and Little Women) and Dillon had his annual party with a Star Wars theme this year. I would like to say that I stayed and did Karaoke, but David and I were coming down with a bug and we crashed out early. I did hear that Keegs got up and rapped Dr. Dre by M&M…which is no small feat and she mush have had a few drinks in her to be able to do that. Christmas day was wonderful and although Griff wasn’t here (sad) this year, we still had a full house for dinner with Dillon and Taylor, Keegan and Mindy (her best friend who always brings the lottery scratch-offs) and Dawson and Michael, Griff’s friends from Webb. Honestly, they are with us every year and those three have been family for a long, long time. It wouldn’t be Christmas without them. That and our annual game of Cards Against Humanity. David made a fabulous feast and Keeg’s made a Chocolate Peanutbutter cake and Panatone Bread Pudding and I made a mess out of an apple pie and Michael made a great Sweet Potato pie. We didn’t hurt for the sweets..that’s for sure. It was a great night. Two days later Keegs and I flew up to New Jersey to go see my Mom the day before Keeg’s was to fly back to Germany. By that time both of us were sick as dogs but we went anyway. it was a sad day, as my 103-year-old Ma is going downhill fast and even though she is still knew us, she is losing touch with reality and is in a lot of pain and It breaks my heart. Anyone who knows my Ma knows she was a force of nature for all her life and drove until she was 99 and until a year ago lived in her own apartment. I am so glad Keegan and I got up to see her, but it wasn’t easy and I hate living so far away. We then visited with my sister Bonnie and made our way back to the Airport and stayed at the Marriot. My flight went out early and Keegs slept in and left later in the day. I came back to plans for a New Year’s Party we were throwing, but by that time I had burned the candle at both ends and was so sick, I couldn’t get out of bed. So as not to get everyone else sick…I canceled the party. I hated to do it but honestly, everyone should thank me for not giving them this crud I had. It was awful. There is always next year! So, here it is 2020 and I hope your New Year was a bit better than mine. My January schedule is to head down to St. Petersburg at the end of the month for the Suncoast Festival and the Temple Beth-El Art Show the next week. I did the Temple Beth El Show last year and it was a wonderful venue. If you are down that way, I recommend it, it is a first-class exhibit with many nationally-known artists. Suncoast? It’s my first time so I have no idea about that one. Just looking to warm weather and some chillaxin’ time on the Florida Coast. If you are down in that area, I would love to see you…After that, I am in the studio for 2 and 1/2 months with the next show in the middle of April in Atlanta. I am so psyched to have that much studio time and if you know anything about me you know that studio time is akin to my love of Christmas….! It’s right up there. Can’t wait! Again. Happy New Year and I hope this year gives you the studio time ( or your equivalent) that you deserve and everything on your wish list. 2020 WooHoo!!!! A new decade… Just go a little slower, please.