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Who is Tasha Tudor?

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." -Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy." -Fra Giovanni

	Tasha Tudor who turned 85 in the year 2000, is one of America’s best-known and beloved illustrators.  Her first little story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938.

Subsequently she has illustrated nearly one hundred books, the most recent being Clement Moore’s famous Night Before Christmas, in 1999.  Many of her books are printed in foreign languages and distributed around the world.  She has also created thousand of Christmas cards, Advent calendars, valentines, posters, and other works. Tasha Tudor still creates paintings weekly.  Tasha Tudor and her new family business 'Tasha Tudor and Family' released four new images August 2000. 

 

Tasha Tudor is still actively involved with art in her secluded Vermont farmhouse where she lives with her one year old corgi, Megan,  pet rooster, Chickahominy,  her rescued tame dove, Lazarina and many other creatures.
Megan	Chickahominy	Lazarina Dove

 

Her home, though only 30 years old, feels as though it is from the 1830's, her favorite time period. Tasha Tudor lives among period antiques, using them in her daily life.  She is quite adept at heirloom crafts including basket making, weaving, soap making, doll making and knitting. She never allowed running water into her home until she turned fifty, never had central heating until she needed it for her greenhouse which was built when Tasha Tudor was in her 70's.

 

From a young age Tasha Tudor has been interested in the home arts. She excels in cooking, canning, cheese-making, ice cream making and many other home skills. As anyone who has eaten at Tasha Tudor's would know, her cooking skills are unsurpassed. She collects eggs from her chickens in the evenings, cooks only with fresh goats milk, and uses only fresh or dried herbs from her garden. Tasha Tudor is renowned for her afternoon tea parties.

 

	Each summer Tasha Tudor leaves her art table and tends her large, beautiful flower garden.