- Earth Eclectic. Give it a listen.
- To Amuse a Muse. Give it a read.
- Xy frolics on the snowy interstate. Give it a look.
- So this dude I don’t even know made this mini-documentary about ROX: The Public Access Show That Lit Up on TV. This made my year!
- I had some articles published this year, most notably My Bowl of Cereal and Ancestors Always: Luck, Lineage, and Living Memory
- I also published my third album of mashups, Abstractions.
- I wasn’t the only one publishing this year. My friend Wendy Gaudin, who also works at Xavier University of Louisiana, has her first book out via LSU Press. It’s called Sunset Limited: An Autobiography of Creole, and I highly recommend it. Wendy’s also been instrumental in reinvigorating the contemplative community on Xavier’s campus. I’m grateful for her friendship.
- I mentioned it was the tenth anniversary of the construction of the Lafitte Greenway. Here’s a brief mini-documentary about that. I’m in it!
- Believe it or not, a garbage truck played a prominent role in our lives this year. It rolled over and got stuck on a ramp to the I-10, damaging some of the infrastructure so severely that it roiled local traffic patterns from a month, obstructing Xy’s commute. I could see the whole thing from my office window.
- 2025 also marked the tenth anniversary of our friend Jenny’s new kidneys and pancreas. I digress, but it’s certainly worth celebrating.
- In my letter, I failed to mentioned the large pustule that formed on my left foot once I fled New England to meet my family in Indiana. But I said was going to spare you those gory details, didn’t I?
Sit tibi terra levis: In addition to eco-luminaries Joanna Macy and Jane Goodall, in 2025 we also mourned the loss of human rights advocate Jessie Cook, my uncle Bob Zielke, former ambassador Ruth D. Samonte Limjuco, Jonathan Smith aka Moonboy, Kyle Doerr, and Thomas Robin aka Robbo. I’m sure there are others I have failed to note. We will miss you all.