Allison Souter Graphics—Allison is a graphic designer and project director with whom I've worked on several projects. She has an impressive portfolio of work for museum sites, educational web pages and corporate communications.

Mahoney Interactive —Susan Mahoney heads an independent production company for educational and corporate publishing. She's an amazingly efficient project manager, and her freelance troops can write and produce anything from interactive CDs for toddlers to school textbooks to online training courses.

Lois King's Americana—Lois deals in buttons, posters and other political memorabilia, from elections going back to Abe Lincoln. She also handles movie props. Contact Lois by e-mail at kingpinsnm@aol.com.

Shodo in San Jose—Noriko Lake gives classes in Japanese calligraphy at her home in California.