1. my grandfather ray

2. my best friend macklin

3. my brother david

4. my grandfather jim

5. my grandmothers, all 3 of them

6. carl sandburg

7. june christy

8. my aunt mildred

9. my aunt charlotte

10. jon carroll

11. robert fulghum

12. mark twain

13. frederick douglass

14. michael stipe

15. ben folds

16. james iha [i feel like that's spelled wrong]

17. neil young

18. jodie foster

19. amy ray

20. joni mitchell

21. kathy, my poetry teacher

22. alex, my music teacher

23. john pantoleon, my mentor/director who got me through middle school

24. mr. bruno, my middle school counselor [he bought me two june christy cds, and took me out of P.E. frequently]

25. scooby doo [not scrappy doo. he sucked.]

-Claire