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I love you! 

Happy New Year! I am looking forward to beginning 2026 with a grateful heart, full of love.

This past year has demonstrated that there are so many kind earth angels that quietly grace our lives in small but meaningful ways. I’m humbled to feel the warmth of true affection and kindness from caring friends, neighbors, acquaintances and strangers.

A few blocks down Water Street, an antique shop is owned by a friend, Roberto. On a visit in September, I told Roberto that Peter’s English tall hall clock had died. (Roberto deals in fine American art and antiques!) Ten years ago, the afternoon Peter died, the clock stopped ticking and chiming. Antique clocks are temperamental, and the slightest disruption in their delicate mechanisms can upset the instruments’ balance. I had the clock fixed after Peter died, and it had been running for the past 10 years ...