Acknowledgements

Creative projects take time and energy and would be impossible without the support and enthusiasm of my friends and family.

My wife Kathi, and my children Klaire and Paxton are the best. They entertain and encourage my many creative diversions and hobbies. I hope they never feel too old to make things and explore childish or seemingly futile ideas.

My parents Kenneth and Willa Rae always encouraged us to be creative and to explore our ideas. My dad loved to paint and loves to tell stories and never seems to run out of new stories to tell. My mother always finds a way to connect my random ideas to something meaningful or spiritual. The many lessons I learned from them make all my projects better and more interesting.

Many thanks must also go out to my friends and colleagues who at least seem momentarily entertained by my projects and who inspire me with their own creativity, energy and passions.

—John