As always, I’m grateful for so much, including help and support from:
Steve Axelrod, my agent
Keith Kahla, my editor
The Atlantic Center for the Arts
Art Workshop International
Steven Blier, Hillary Brown, Belmont Freeman, Eve Rudin, Max Rudin, Noah Rudin, James Russell, Amy Schatz
Betsy Harding, Royal Huber, Tom Savage, Jamie Scott
Susanna Bergtold, Nancy Ennis, Josh Paynter, Sui Ling Tsang, Joseph Wallace
Peter Blauner, for advice he probably doesn’t remember giving
Ruth Gruber, for knowledge
Lee Hyla, for the right music and a lot of birds
Guillermo Kuitca, for understanding
B. G. Ritts, for priceless research