To the following people who, each in their own way, helped to make this book a reality. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. Becky Kurson, Marjorie Braman, Laurie Rippon, Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Ray, Steve Earle, Laurie Seeman, Judi Farkas, Phyllis Kind, Giancarlo Esposito, Joy McManigal, Betty Carol Sellen, Louisa Chase, Margaret Bodell, Carlos Sanches, Elenor and Tom Kovachevich, Elsa and Bill Longhauser, Cecelia and Michael Dan, Kevin Conley, Owen Phillips, Chris Curry, Stuart Servetar, Dick Cavett, Carrie Nye, Bob Roth, Mieke van Hoek, Meredith Monk, Stefan Springman, Danny Davis, John and Gina Phelan, Barbara Stratton, Ron Hammond, Chris Giglio, Gloria Jacobs, Carl Glassman, April Koral, Eve Claxton, Donna Ferrato, Shelly Taylor, Joe Cook, Judy Mae Cornett, Keith Blue, Ellen Kuras, David Utz, Bond Koga, Alan Rapp, Jane Koprucki, Joan and William Huffman, Dianne and Danny Vapnek, Hiroko Tanaka, Ed and Pat Martz, Ethel Greaney, Ken Kurson, Staci Strauss, Anna and Orest Szczesniuk, Millie and Howie Bodell, Ilene and Lester Bliwise, Betsy Haddad, D. James Smith, Brian Booms, Margaret and Jorge Ambrosoni, Diana Kunkel, Colette Kunkel, Yictove, Lester Bridges, Niels Koizumi, Mark and Karen Rubinstein, Christopher Johnsen, David McDonagh, Doug Bridgeman, Matthew Bishop, Robert and Ana Costello, Kathy Whitacre, Paul Villinski, Tom Vaught, Terry Knickerbocker, Paul Haynes, Max Blagg, Anita Madeira, James Chambers, Gordon Minette, Bobby Ursino, Marla Kittler, Allen Coulter, Elaine Ramseyer, Ryan Maher, Neil, Andrew and Amanda Trout, Wendy, Ralphie and Becky St. John, Phillip, Emily, Matthew and Luke McQuillan, and mom and dad.
And love and affection to Duane Cerney for trying to make the most of it.