I’d like to close out 2025 with some random images that about as appropriate as anything else for the year we’ve just been through. If any of this ends up making any sense, it’s only by accident, believe me. Here we go.

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Jean Cocteau, New York City, 1949.

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And to end on a positive note.

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Well, that does it for another year. Keep calm and carry on, fingers crossed. See you in 2026. — Ted Hicks

P.S. The “Trump Promises Kept” photo was taken by my friend Alvis Upitis, to give credit where credit is due.

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