I wish you all a hap­py and pros­per­ous New Year!

I hope every­one has a great Christ­mas and New Year!

Here is a pic­ture of my best present this year, a water­col­or paint­ing my daugh­ter (age 17) gave me, show­ing San­ta deliv­er­ing presents to bel­u­ga whales (and you can see that one of the bel­u­gas is wear­ing a Christ­mas hat):