Dedication

 

This book is offered with sincere and humble thanks to family and friends, particularly my husband Scott, who back in 1982 bought his 22-year-old wife an electric typewriter and said, “You want to write? Write.”

 

 

There are tall ships and small ships,

Ships that sail the sea.

But the best ships of all are friendships,

And may they ever be.”

 

—Traditional nautical toast