Monthly Archives: April 2009

It’s Veranda Weather

One of the things that first attracted us to our house is the huge wrap-around porch with its grand staircase — it reminds us of something you'd see in the South, not here in northern New Hampshire. And so we call it the veranda and when weather is permitting, we like to go and ...

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Home Again

For the first twenty years of my life, I was a city kid. I grew up in Forest Hills, which is part of Jamaica Plain, which is one of the 21 neighborhoods of Boston. Yep, 21 neighborhoods. Brookline is *not* a Boston neighborhood. It's a separate city. Do not let people ...

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I’m a CRONE

It's hard to believe that it's been over a decade since I first met a group of women that I consider my inner circle of friends. We were all participants in an e-mail list dedicated to crazy quilting. I don't even remember how I first heard about it, but my quilting had progressed ...

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17 Threads

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. I was born Judith Martin ...

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