I was raised in Scotch Plains, NJ in Union County, on the south side of town. It was more rural when I grew up so I had fun climbing trees and sledding through the trees (kids don't try this at home!) and doing what I call cross country which is skating in the brook and around all the big rocks and fallen trees. I attended Scotch Plains Fanwood H.S. where my mother was an English teacher, taught me all the classics when I was in grammmar school and was big on vocabulary & grammmar. My dad is a musician/songwriter. I did college and now I live up in rural West Milford. Great place to live!