Happy Holidays! Always published after Christmas and after the new year and always avoiding the actual mailing of cards. Look for next year's edition to be written by ChatGPT.

Forsaking teenage pursuits, David dons mosquito netting, Kevlar sleeves and wellies to pick black raspberries while Josie wages a war against bag worms, achieving over 600 casualties although that count is being challenged in the courts. For some reason, the Beach Boys never enshrined these activities in song.

Quinn is Manager and Graphic Designer with the Great Plains Theatre Commons. When it originated as the Great Plains Theatre Conference in 2006, Quinn was the conference coordinator. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players," and who wouldn't want to be a stage coach? As Philomena Cunk says: "School in Shakespeare’s day and age was vastly different to our own. In fact, it was far easier because we didn’t have to study Shakespeare.” GPTC is actually Shakespeare-free and supports the creation of diverse new stories.

Josie, when not stalking bag worms, is known for gifting bouquets, making birthday crowns and volunteering for the League of Women Voters. Josie continues to serve on the Board of tbd dance collective. Her catch phrase: "on with the dance" lives on. 

After Quinn and Tim moved in at the former rental property, solar panels with battery storage were installed. David charges his electric Nissan LEAF with sunshine now. Unfortunately, the solar panels will not last as long as the projected 5 billion years of the sun's lifetime.

The Omaha Public Library main branch featured an exhibit of C+C Mini Factory's (Quinn Metal Corbin and Chelsea Cates) artwork. The exhibition was so iconic that shortly after the exhibit the library was torn down. The musical of C+C's book A Night at the Farm is tentatively slated to premiere at The Rose Theater in the fall of 2023.

Tim continues to write songs and has performed at various venues.

David did his usual Earth Day performance and for the first time in his over 30 appearances he got paid.

Who needs video games when you use a microscope and a computer to look at your hair under magnification?

Maybe life isn't just a game of chance. Josie turned 77 in December 2022.