2024 was meeting a cat in Marfa and leading a gallery walk with my angels at @cubbyholebar and posing with my coworkers for David Byrne’s 2024 NY Film Festival poster and picking flowers shaped like bowls of strawberry ice cream at Manitoga and eating perfect birthday dinner. Mom and I went to Turnov and cleared overgrowth from her grandfather and uncle’s grave. I hand-delivered Esmé her birthday present (not seasonally appropriate for July but better 6 months late than never) and Noona was perfect (of course). I went to Stockholm and saw my sweet Astrid for the first time in 5 years. I hit a lucky strike and held so many cats and swam in rivers and biked to the beach. Jumoke, Storm and I developed tour programs for Pace– some of the most rewarding work I’ve done this year. I went to Maine and rode in a convertible and spent many hours in awe of Robert Frank and perhaps most importantly 
encountered the largest clove of garlic I’ve ever seen! This life is not always easy but I feel certain it’s worth it. Not pictured: many hugs, kisses, good books, shared meals, belly laughs, my grandparents.