I've never been able to figure out if I should be proud of this connection or ashamed of it, but... if it hadn't been for my Gaelic teacher, Judith Peacock might still be in the band.

You see, our teacher (in Seattle) sang the praises of the Ceolas school, a traditional Gaelic arts school held each summer on the island of South Uist. The year I attended, I noticed another one of my teacher's students there, and he seemed to be paying quite a bit of attention to Ms. Peacock. Well, shortly after that, I moved to Maine. Imagine my surprise when I sent back to Seattle a couple years later and found Judith Peacock was now Judith Cummings & a Seattle resident, with a wee bairn to boot!

I like their new harper/singer richt weel, but it boggles my mind that Judith chose Seattle and an American sweetheart--even one as sweet and kind as Mr. Cummings--over Scotland and the Whistlebinkies.