Yes, Mary - same person. I have known him in the folk scene well enough to talk to for years, but in the weeks leading up to the move I came over for dinner a few times and we played some music together and talked and we got to know each other a lot better. He was a great moral and practical support in dealing with the nasty flatmates and the packing and moving.

I had noticed that the friendly hugs had been getting longer, and a friend of mine was convinced that something romantic was afoot. Then the night before the Big Move, something shifted, and the rest is history. Talk about a fairytale ending!

It took a while for my brain to catch up with all the changes I'd been through, but I'm feeling very comfortable with it now. One of the great things is that he really likes all my "stuff" and we're having so much fun getting things in order and making this house into a home.

Jenny