I was born in Detroit but lived in the Upper Peninsula near Marquette for the first 22 years. Then Mt. Clemens, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio for 15 years. I've been in West Columbia, South Carolina since 1986.

When I was 13 we spent a year traveling to California and back to Hazel Park, living like nomads. I don't recommend it, but I have some neat memories of that trip.

Mary