Apparently that part, at least, was a hit.  It attracted kids from other areas who did not come to the reading. When the library newsletter came out a picture of me and my little piano was on the cover with the title: Come to Song and Story with Miss. Andi. Oh, dear, now I was a local celebrity  - for the under 6 set, at least.

I didn’t hurt for money. Willem sent a reasonable amount, more than he ever had, because he committed to some (small) percentage of his income, which kept going up. I had lived so frugally for so long, I decided to keep it up. I began to use the extra money to start paying my parents a little bit toward owning the house and putting a little aside in a college fund for Ally.  I also had...

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