For as long as I can remember, my mom was a Girl Scout Leader — long before I was old enough to be a Girl Scout myself, or even a Brownie. And for a few days in 1964, our community's Intermediates and Seniors went on a bus trip to the New York World's Fair. (Before ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...