My very special thanks to some wonderful people who have followed and supported my work over the years.

Bernard

Allomber

Director for public relation of Michel Alleh Egayan Compagnie de Danse/Lyon

Marcelle

Basso

Actress, teacher of French and literature/Marseille

Mr. & Mrs. Primo

Basso

Translator, Teacher of French /Nancy

Gert

Belkius

Musicologist, former director, music department

of the Akademie der Künste (East Berlin)

Christine

Bergé

Professor of philosophy and anthropology/Lyon, Paris

Michel and Elaine

Billon

Landlords/Lyon

Dominique

Divrechy

Teacher of art and history, Vaucluse/Avignon

Antoine

Duhamel

Composer, director, École de Musique Villeurbanne/Paris

Gerard

Gaillaguet

Playwright, market researcher/Paris

Mr. & Mrs.Franco

GEORGIO

Adminstrator/Florence, Italy

Jacqueline

Heer

Artist,former gallerist/Charlotte, North Carolina

Rudi

Heer

Chemist, businessman/Charlotte, North Carolina

Alain

Kaiser

Dentist, Photographer/Lyon

Mireille

Lachaize

Teacher of French literature and theater/Lyon

Mayfield

Alan

Businessman/Charlotte, North Carolina

Ariane

Mnouchkin

Director, Théatre du Soleil/Paris

Viktor and Mona

Pfaff

Lawyer/Frankfort am Main

Hélène

Roth

Teacher of singing/Strasbourg

Oliver

Ruelland

Gallerist, painter/Paris

Rainer

Ruppert

Composer, Director, Unerhörte Musik/ Berlin

Jacqueline

Salmon

Photographer/Lyon

Geneviève

Soret

Teacher of art and history, former restaurant owner/Lyon, Toulouse