I was 8 years old when I first set foot on Cape Cod. After my third trip (at 10) to Eastham, on the way home I announced to my parents that I was going to live on Cape Cod someday. It took about 38 years, but I have now lived here year round for 22 years. And never regretted a day.

I grew up in Connecticut, went to university and graduate school in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts. I've worked in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington (DC), and Hartford. I've also worked In Hyannis (and Cape-wide) and in tiny villages in rural Pennsylvania, and I've worked on the internet in my own retail business. Most of my career has been working with non-profit institutions.

When I first moved to Eastham, after losing my spouse, I decided to open my home as a small Bed and Breakfast. I love to entertain and to cook and to make special treats...it was a match made in heaven! I did, however, have a lot of work and non-work commitments and running even a small B&B is time consuming. At the urging of friends I decided to rent my house in the summer months to families who might just fall in love with this little part of the world as I did! It's now nearly 20 years later, and I have met some wonderful people. After all my family rented a place to stay every summer for a long time...why not continue to do the same for others?

What is special about this property?
First of all, I love my home! I love living here, and I love sharing it with others. I believe its greatest asset is its location. It is so quiet and peaceful, but still in a neighborhood with other folks nearby, and it is just a few minutes to the beach or into town or to get onto US Route 6 (Mid-Cape Highway) to go anywhere one might need!

The house was built in 1970 and had been well cared for when we bought it in 1994. Before I moved in year round, I made extensive renovations to make it truly mine. I knew I wanted a large kitchen, a big wraparound deck, a small but deep pool, and tons of smaller changes! Over time I have added a screened porch, a kitchen garden with a picket fence, a bookcase wall in the living room, a cute little shed, a whole house generator (power outages in February are not fun!), and solar panels.

I must also mention that for families staying here (even when it's my own family!), being able to give everyone a private bathroom is a huge asset! And connecting my barbecue grill to the gas in the house means not having to deal with propane tanks!

What is special about your town?
Far and away the best assets that Eastham has are its beaches! This is where the National Seashore begins, with oceanside access easily available. We also have so many bayside beaches on beautiful Cape Cod Bay, each one somewhat different. And then, here on the Outer Cape, there are all those ''kettle'' ponds (depressions in the glacier formed outwash plains going back 18,000 years, give or take). The water in these kettle ponds and lakes is clear and refreshing, a great place to stop and rinse off salt and sand from a day at a different beach.

We have lots of human-made assets as well, either here in town or very nearby...great restaurants, interesting shopping, historic sites, boating, kayaking, biking. All in all, it's a great place to be!