A K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

The inspiration for this story arrived with a carefree band of student travelers touring “London and the Countryside” in 2007: Anna Badner, Tara Hartley, Alora May, Carlina Moss, Rachel Reist, Rebecca Roberts, Veronica Sica, and Kimberley Stobo. Thank you all for your young energy and joie de vivre. Michael Reist, my mentor as teacher, writer, person, also rode that lively bus and I am ever grateful that our friendship survived the experience.

Writers are always thanking their editors, for their astute suggestions and sharp eye for detail, and their patience. For all that, but above all for remembering this story across the seasons, thank you, Peter Carver.

And finally, and always, thanks, Bruce.