Can't believe I'm only 67. Been stitching for about 39 years...and living with same partner for 39years...so something must be going well.. AND the fact that I'be begun designing AND stitchers are actually buying my designs. AND that I have two distributors so far...both Hoffman and Nordic Needle...all happening in the past two months...except for designing..it's been since beginning of 2007 since I've been doing that. My designs can be seen on my website www.needlemania-by-marc.com

Well basically I'm retired from a "real" occupation BUT have now taken on Designing counted cross stitch as an avocation, vocation AND a new occupation.