HaPpY NeW YeaR!!! Finally, the year that was 2009 is almost over. I say do let the door hit you in the butt on the way out, 2009! It has been a challenging, troubling, rewarding, interesting, never boring year. I learned that I can not control everything, even my health and that is alright. I learned that business never follows a straight, true path to prosperity, that it is like a child that must be nurtured and encouraged. Much like me. I learned that the things that used to bother me, anger me, make me impatient are, as older relatives used to tell me; receding into the background. Family matters. My children matter, even the grown up one. My husband matters. My artwork and jewelry matter in many ways from making a living with me to supporting my family. Lots of little things have fallen by the wayside and that is just where they belong.

I am wishing for you and yours and mine, a year and decade filled with good health, prosperity, peace, family and time to be creative.

May the Blue Moon be a sign of a good year all around to come.