SWEET DREAMS : FAKE NOM DE PLUMES

I had always suspected that the Calendar staff made up the names and letters it published.

First, there were comparisons of mad Spanish kings, rock stars, ordinary folk and members of the animal kingdom; then letters from celebrities, etc.

But the Nov. 10 letters section convinced me, when I saw a correction in your Imperfections section from a Heatherun H. Whipple.

Come now, are we readers honestly expected to believe that a person with such a name actually exists ?

THOMAS H. KAHL

Malibu

Heatherun (from the German name Heiderun) Harding Whipple, with a degree in music in hand and in hot pursuit of a law degree, swears she exists.