Today is the last time I will sign my posts 2015. So many many things happened in this passing year; wonderful beautiful moments woven together with terribly tragic moments creates in me sensations of starkness, like some fantastic loudly painted mural that perhaps only Picasso might have created. I will remember it as a year of rapid and impetuous change and as the year I published my first book of waka. I will remember it as the year I made many wonderful friends and felt the warmth of a loving family both real and virtual. I will remember the desolation of death that visited twice in a few short months.
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