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To my wife and daughter for their loving support and patience in allowing me time away from them to write; |
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To Arlene Valentine for her help, input, support, and love, without which I could not have accomplished this goal; |
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To my editor, Phyllis Herman, for her understanding and skill and my copyeditor, Anne Harris, for her focus and expertise; |
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To Ellen Meyer and Ellen McCarthy for their help in editing my early work, long before it evolved into this book; |
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To Garret Miller and Father Phillip O'Shea for their inspiration, motivation, and lessons about life; |
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To the great jazz musicians, particularly Bill Evans and John Coltrane, for their beautiful music that taught me how to improvise, create, express, and listenall of which I exercise in the art of healing; |
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To my mother and father, who first taught me to listen; |
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To all my herbal colleagues, teachers, healers, and visionaries who teach and inspire me daily; |
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