Happy holidays and all the best wishes for a safe, happy and lucky new year. This past one has been tough and I hope that the coming year brings good things....like peace on earth...etc...In the event that doesn't happen, I would be happy to settle for a big winning lottery ticket. Something that would free me from what, these days, is feeling like indentured servitude.

 

At last I have a few days off before i must return to the salt mine run by the Dept. of Education. It's hard for my to really describe how consuming this all is. It's like I have multiple full time jobs. Teaching, in itself, is both physically and mentally demanding. Then there's Brooklyn College, who have us on this schedule from hell where last semester they had us doing 12 credits. On top of that, there's my art work, or what's left of it anyway. I am keeping it alive, but admittedly I am not as focused on it as I would like to be. It's all a compromise right now. The end of this long road will be, if all goes as planned, the end of July. Until then I beg patience from my friends and their faith that I have not abandoned them.