The wheels on the book go round and round. … Thanks to Curtis Philips, who organized the road trip and made sure the kids didn’t stick their heads out the windows. Thanks to Rozanne Whalen, John Pierce, Andrea Fox, and William Meyers, who kept the drivers on point and made sure all systems were “go.” Sincere thanks to all others who had a hand in this (and related) excursions, including but not limited to Devon Musgrave, Juliana Aldous, Claudette Moore, Maria Gargiulo, and fondly, Sandra Haynes.

The traditional musical shout-out goes to John Mayer, who writes a lot of good tunes but really made a lot of people cry (and for a songwriter, that’s a great thing) wishing he could Stop This Train.