The author wishes to thank the following organizations and periodicals, in which some of the work has appeared, occasionally in slightly different forms:
“Aunt Minnie’s Second Wedding,” Wild Violet (online) Spring 2006.
“Building the Ferris Wheel” included in “Greatest Gifts,” The Press Democrat, Dec. 25, 2009.
“Cherries in the Snow,” Apple Valley Review (online), Spring 2006.
“Crossing Pitkin Avenue,” Page on Stage reading, May 5, 2006 at Unitarian Universalist Church, Santa Rosa, CA, followed by broadcast on KRCB radio.
“The Kiss,” Taborri Press (online), Spring 2006.
“Resolutions Made and Broken, To-Do List,” (anthology), Fireside Books, 2007.
“Sleeping with Nettie Sachs,” What’s So Funny? Humor Issue, The Sitting Room, Cotati, CA, Spring 2005.