Happy New Year y Gracias to the Writers of Bar None Group for 2017!

A painting of Piper's Bar by John Napper.

What an incredible year!

The first moments of 2017 were spent watching fireworks explode over the Queen Mary in Long Beach and the last moments of 2017 will be spent doing likewise. Oh but the days in between took us on exciting adventures dicovering poets new and gone. It also brought into this world a granddaughter — Mya Belle. Thank you to all of you who have read, contributed, inspired and shared the words within the pages of the Bar None Group this past year.

Happy New Year to:

Blanca Segura

Teresa Puente

Marc Pettigrew

Sarah Russell

William Joyce

Matthew L

Octavio González Navarro

Mela Gaskins-Butcher

Marwan Fateen

Tom Kauwling

Nikolai Tjongarero

Hugo Becerra Dominguez

Mark Butkus

Jessica Godwin

Russell Rosander

Curtis Graham

Liz Parkin

Amy Miller-Gourley

Charles Bane Jr.

Nicole Bataclan

You are truly the Bar None Group. I am forever in your gratitude.  And now, I have to finish packing for a trip to the Sea of Cortez — as close as I'll get to Barra de Navidad. A new year. A new adventure. Keep those pens sharp in 2018. Salud! Cheers! Happy New Year!