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Reflections on 2015
Dec. 31st, 2015 10:37 amLast day of 2015. Hard to believe that the year has gone that fast.
A lot has happened in that year too.
On the sad side, my father-in-law Gunter David passed away. I will always appreciate that he accepted me into the family and he loved watching Peter and me together.
On the happy side, I met a number of people I have admired for various reasons and was able to tell them that very face. I made new friends. I got puppets to various actors who loved them.
I sold more stories this year than I have any other year. I sold more puppets this year than I have in any other year except one. I learn new crafty skills.
I learned that I can write and write well enough that others look forward to my writings. I can draw better than I think I can. I am good at figuring out how to make something look like it should given the materials I have at hand.
On the health side I learned I have a condition called essential tremors and now have ways of dealing with things that come up. My left hand has mostly recovered from the bad spill I had in Philly. Still can’t snap my fingers on that hand without some pain.
Saw some good theater this year including “Something Rotten” which is really excellent and I still highly recommend it.
Did many conventions and made the vow to limit our convention going next year just because we aren’t as young as we use to be.
This year my friends who have wanted to be married or got married in another country could now get married in this country. I went to the wedding of my best friends Jeff and Angelo which was a happy occasion with a little but of a cloud since Angelo is battling cancer and the prognosis is getting worse every time he goes to the Doctor.
Fandom decided to deal with its own and now there is a no means no campaign to allow people to be safe to walk about conventions without being harassed.
There was the usual pettiness in fandom but there was also great kindness and helpfulness.
Overall it was an improvement over 2014 and I hope 2016 continues the trend.
I am grateful for all the adventures I had this past year.
A lot has happened in that year too.
On the sad side, my father-in-law Gunter David passed away. I will always appreciate that he accepted me into the family and he loved watching Peter and me together.
On the happy side, I met a number of people I have admired for various reasons and was able to tell them that very face. I made new friends. I got puppets to various actors who loved them.
I sold more stories this year than I have any other year. I sold more puppets this year than I have in any other year except one. I learn new crafty skills.
I learned that I can write and write well enough that others look forward to my writings. I can draw better than I think I can. I am good at figuring out how to make something look like it should given the materials I have at hand.
On the health side I learned I have a condition called essential tremors and now have ways of dealing with things that come up. My left hand has mostly recovered from the bad spill I had in Philly. Still can’t snap my fingers on that hand without some pain.
Saw some good theater this year including “Something Rotten” which is really excellent and I still highly recommend it.
Did many conventions and made the vow to limit our convention going next year just because we aren’t as young as we use to be.
This year my friends who have wanted to be married or got married in another country could now get married in this country. I went to the wedding of my best friends Jeff and Angelo which was a happy occasion with a little but of a cloud since Angelo is battling cancer and the prognosis is getting worse every time he goes to the Doctor.
Fandom decided to deal with its own and now there is a no means no campaign to allow people to be safe to walk about conventions without being harassed.
There was the usual pettiness in fandom but there was also great kindness and helpfulness.
Overall it was an improvement over 2014 and I hope 2016 continues the trend.
I am grateful for all the adventures I had this past year.
