Acknowledgement

I've received a tremendous amount of encouragement and support during the writing of this book and would like to thank the following individuals in particular:

My family my mother and father as well as Nick, Melanie, Keller, Maeven, Kateri, Maria, Anna, Charity, and Krystal, whose pictures and work appear throughout this book.

A friend and colleague John Harris, who installed and supported one of the Mahara instances in which I built portfolios for this book.

And the following wonderful educators in the State of New Hampshire, who provided me with questions to answer and an audience on which to test some of my recipes: