No, Tom, you didn’t jinx me.

Tom Treece – a softball opponent from many years ago, a fellow Monroe News columnist a little while back and my mother’s favorite author – is one of the rarest of friends.

We don’t talk very often, but he always finds a way to lift my spirts with timely messages.

I got an email from Tom last week that said:

Just finished reading your last round of predictions from today’s paper.

I just wanted to write to tell you how very much I enjoy them every week. You’ve always done well, but this year was pretty good and it made me wonder what your prediction record has been like for the last 10 years?

I hope the good Lord lets me live long enough to see them again next year. Lol. They are a delight to read each week and then to follow up to see how well you did. Hop

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