I'm the product of two very creative, former hippie parents who left Ohio in a VW bus in 1974 to settle in downeast Maine. A divorce, a revelation, many moves, homelessness and many homes and schools followed. Eventually, I ended up at UMaine in Orono.
Alex is the product of a long line of self-reliant Mainers. His parents, of an earlier generation than my own, raised him on the Bradstreet homestead on the mid-coast. Academically accelerated, he attended a private school, was awarded the Eagle Scout honor and he hiked much of Maine's wilderness. He also landed at UMaine, where we met our second year of college.
Alex and I have been together since 1990, marrying June 25, 1994. Two amazing kids, a daughter, 16 and a son, 14, who have been unschooled since birth. We live near seven miles of Maine beach, have a 120+ year old home that we have refurbished and a compact organic garden containing over twenty-five trees on just .11 of an acre. We also have a 125-acre farm on a pond in central Maine, that has been in Alex's family since the late 18th century.
