TO FRIENDS who have seen me through a writer’s block, who have read this story or heard it over the phone, who have offered advice and friendship:

Nancy Kafka, Aviva Greenberg, June Foley, Annie Flanders, Rosie Flanders, Chris Flanders, Nicholas Nicholson, Melita Horvat Stupack, Michael Stupack, Sue Haven, Mark Haven, Paul Haven, Judy Gitenstein, Peter Bankers, Lila Browne, Ann Symons, John Symons, Joel Symons, Esther Fusco, Andrea Fusco, Chris Fusco, Andy Fusco, Max Lindeman, Barry Samuels, Maggie Denver, and Fran Weiss.

ALSO to the town and people of Woodstock.