Special thanks go to my brother Ware, who inspired me as a kid to sing; my two sisters, Nancy and Bobby; my dear sweet mother; J. Paul Getty, who taught me to keep going no matter how difficult the going was; Dan Halpern, who had the courage to sign a woman of ninety-eight to a book deal!; Digby Diehl, for working with me; Hilary Redmon, a great editor who knows how to cut and not lose me; Richard Currier, for had he not been by my side holding my hand these past four years, I might not have finished the book; Robert Hill; Tom Hopke; Carol Carter; my friend Carola Stoner, a great spirit who helped me find Dan; Anne Getty; Kay Diehl; Sophie B. Hawkins; my dear nurses Mary, Maggie, and Nan; my teachers Blanche Marchesi, Sara Cahier, and Julio Moreski; the spirited Colleen Camp; and my lifelong friends Jean Donnley, Jean Pochna, Ethi Junger, Betzi Beaton, Jean Appleton, Kostya, Norene Nash, Beverly Petal, Leslie Sank, Valorie Gross, Dorothy Roeder, and Deborah Haase; and my ex-husband William Gaston, who introduced me to blue jeans, sailboats, and Maine.