Susan. My wife. Kind and patient,
mostly, except when I'm a pain in 
the ass, which is often.

Colin. Our son. Kind, like Susan.

Cindy. My sister. The organizer.
And her family: David (her husband),
and their children, Claire and Marcy.

Craig. My brother.
And his children: Nick and Charlie.

Jeff. My other brother.

Kell. My other other brother,
who lives in New York. 
(Hey! Call us once in a while, okay?)

Mom. Her title says it all.
She's a professional mother. 

Susan's sisters:
St. Louis Cindy (same name as my sister) 
and her husband Dan
and their sons Adam, Aaron and Alex;
Susan's local sister Nancy
and her husband Kenny
and their son Blake;
and Susan's Florida sister Diane.

Tim and Val, two very long-time
friends married to each other,
and their children Frank and Kitty.

Mary, who works for my wife,
and Jamie, Mary's boyfriend.

My co-workers: Anne, from Beijing;
David, from Shanghai; 
Andrei, from St. Petersburg (Russia); 
energetic Jason, Paul, 
curmudgeonly Ralph, bossy Stephanie, 
Murphy, Ben, and gentle Tim.

Babu, a friend.

Me.


Misc. minor characters mentioned in passing
in the various journals:

Charlie and Lenore and John. Members of my
writer's group. They've all published more
than one book. I've published none.

Charles Sharp, a friend and coworker in both
Wichita and here, and whom I meet for lunch
once a month. He moved to Ireland in November
of 2000.

Jim Kenney, whom I know from Penn Valley Meeting
and who used to be a minister (Presbyterian,
I think).

Rich Kaufman, whom I know from Penn Valley Meeting and
from running into him on a regular basis at
Corinth Library, and from Linda Hall Library.

Kathy Alshouse, also from Linda Hall Library,
where she in fact works.

Anne, a friend at the Y.

Jack, a friend at the Y.

Tom Ryan, who works a couple of cubes down 
from mine.

Steve Whayne, who works in a different department
of the large company to which I am temporarily
enslaved.

Earl and Jane Griffith, Soto Zen friends in Wichita.

Malcolm, an acquaintance from Penn Valley Meeting. 

Stanley, Kwan Um Zen master and classics professor,
of the Lawrence Zen Center and K.U.

Other Lawrence Zen friends and acquaintances:
Dennis 
Rebecca 
Ted 

Charles B., a neighbor at the old house on 
Holmes Street.


A lot of other people 
I've mentioned, and whom I'll put here 
if you are curious.