First Draft

I have not yet completed my Christmas Newsletters. This is the latest I have been on that annual exercise. I am having difficulty scraping together enough brags and making them sufficiently self deprecating to obscure the narcissism. And just try to find good pictures of me at age 72. The Newsletters we send to random people who do not know us are the easiest ones because I can use pictures from thirty years ago and our accomplishments do not need to be rooted in facts. The edition sent to family and friends is more difficult as recipients analyze them closely looking for libel and defamation causes of action. And so many Newsletters get returned because people only update their electronic addresses and no longer send out notices of mailing changes. Or maybe they just do not send them to me. Unfortunately some people are dying to get off the list or send me restraining orders. If I do not get my act together soon, I am going to count this posting as my 2019 Newsletter. Awards for my writing and the strangers I saved from burning buildings this year are not important when balanced against my most pressing mission of wishing you the peace and love you deserve.