Lee Ali wishes to thank

* The Sun for not making it’s presence too felt
* Crickets in the open fields
* Kajira and Chuck… omni-godparents
* Melodia’s cat… for giving such visual pleasure
* Asharah’s hair… another winner in the visual pleasure category
* A. Sigil for calling me “new”
* A’s partner, Raven, for being friendly to Weasal
* Sebastopol Inn for keeping the pool a velvety 90 degrees
* The Motif party, all.
* Karim (!)
* Adels Diner……Howard’s Café…. Rooster Woman
* August Hoerr… for being gentle and sweet as Maria and Olivia said you’d be
* Shakra! … atta grrls
* Sooz … for looking shy each time she passed
* Homegirls: Princess/Skellramics, Liliana, Belly Dance Mag, Ms Moth
* DanceSpirits: Colleena… Patricia Passo
* Mishaal…goddess of all who neither taught nor danced this trip, but drove from Japan!
* My rat Rosetta, a perfectly behaved princess, despite so many hands lovin’on her.
* Anaar for giving me a gift to lose :)
* Mary Jane Edibles…for causing me to miss the-after-party
* Queen Harish and Cheb… for electrifying me, even from a distance
* The Gothfia… Tempi, Sashi, Yani
* My students… who complete my work and make it live
* Mahalia… for her festiveness
* Ariellah… for giving me the Moroccan woman’s eye at ringside
* Joey… for seeing the rainbows
* Bonnie... hi-five, haiku sister!