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This year has presented unexpected challenges, sorrows and disappointments. Of course, this is often part of the experience of living for all of us. Tipping the balance, though, is the realization of so much in life that is good.

For the love, support and companionship of family and friends, and for friendships that endure; for the blessing of living in this beautiful country; for kind neighbors; for church, home, food enough and a decent car; for the desire, ability and opportunity to be an artist; for relatively good health and healthcare providers; for clean air, forests, fields, rivers, lakes and the creatures that inhabit them; for so much scenery yet to be painted; these are but a few of the riches on the other side of the scale. Examined separately, maybe none of these things is perfect, but, together, they are wonderful. The difficulties seem trivial indeed by comparison.