Deepest thanks to those of you helping make my dreams come true:

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• Ellen A- for a lifetime of supportive friendship and for putting a sewing needle in my hand as a child

• Rhoda C- for bringing undefinable beauty to everything she touches and for being by my side

• Maggie S- for decades of attention to every detail of every project

• Andrea Bogdan Artist- for a childhood companionship filled with creativity and for current business mentoring in the arts

• Cara, Hannah, Noah, Chandi, and Jn- who continually bring the arts to life in my world

• Deb T- for endless hours of brainstorming and troubleshooting

• Sushila S- for bringing ceremony and festival into my life

• Heather McC- for the first touch of unspun wool and for celebrating with us for years

• Cara and Hannah- for creating Rufesi Reneker and All-Wise the Dwarf, the inspiration for it all

• Amelia A- for creating Annika and the Gardener marionettes, who are at the heart of the puppetry and are the inspiration for the current marionettes

• Stephanie B- for being that special student who grew up and now supports my work

• Lauren, Russ, Ellen, Jeannie, Lori, Ben, Elaine, and Lisa Anne- whose children were the foundation for the growth of the puppetry experience

• The Parents All- who have shared their children in the spirit of community and the arts

• Our puppetry community elders- who have added their artistic and creative wisdom to every mixed generation show

• Skm- for years of narrating and a library of literature which became the essence behind the scenes

• Martha Boschen Porter Fund grant, a Fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

• Renate Sachs and Camphill Village Copake- who brought together all the most important elements in my life and gave me an expression of meaning

• The children all!
   

Photo Credits:​

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• Julia Kaplan ~ Thin Air Hamentashen ~ The Wise Men of Chelm

• Deb Tamborski ~ Why Bear Sleeps in a Cave

• Kara Thornton ~ Hineni ~ Moses and the Burning Bush

• Johannes Nightingale ~ General Photography

• Rabbi Josh ~ Thin-air Hamentashen ~ The Wise Men of Chelm

• Ally Canale Portraiture ~ General Photography