It’s only fitting that I start this new blog with some interesting tidbits about me. You can expect to read more on some of these topics in future posts; if there’s something you’re really curious about please feel free to leave a comment! I’d love to hear from you.

1. I was born Judith Martin in Boston, Massachusetts USA
2. My best friend and I share two very special things: the same birthday and the fact that we’re both adopted
3. I started playing piano at 5, violin at 9, guitar at 14
4. I wanted to star in Broadway musicals when I grew up
5. I know the lyrics to dozens of songs from Broadway musicals
6. I can’t sing
7. My printing looks like it was typed
8. I type over 100 words per minute
9. My mother taught me to knit, crochet and embroider
10. I made my first quilt in anticipation of my daughter’s birth
11. I have one daughter and had four miscarriages
12. I love old houses and the ocean
13. I live with my husband in a Victorian ‘cottage’
14. I am passionate about my coffee
15. I followed in my dad’s footsteps: I’m a tugboat captain
16. He really was a tugboat captain; for me it’s a metaphor
17. I miss my Mom