Quick Picks for New Year 2025

Best New Year Ever 2025 © art Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

Watch some hilarious television, a good place to start 2025.

Fisk is an Australian television comedy series
on ABC Television

So what if your lips move while you read or you listen to an audio book. In 2025 read all you can and talk about it afterwards.
Sherwood Arboretum Brisbane volunteer workers preserving the future. Photograph courtesy of Sherwood Arboretum Committee 2024. Get active in 2025!

Exercise followed by quiet contemplation does wonders for your brain and your inner self.

Charles Allston Collins masterpiece titled ‘Convent Thoughts’ circa 1851 held by Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Charles Allston Collins (1828-1873) was a British painter, writer and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite era.

A good nap also works wonders!

Live demonstration of a cat nap © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

And never ever pass up the opportunity for a sweet treat.

Dot’s home-baked Red Velvet Cupcake with White Chocolate Icing © image Gretchen Bernet-Ward 2024

The last word comes from the farm…

Jasper’s advice © image Dot Bernet 2024

Wishing you the happiest and safest of New Years 2025
and keep writing! 💗 Gretchen Bernet-Ward