Laurel Tuohy, Neighbor

More than anything else I love to laugh.

When my sides hurt too much to go on my other interests include making other people laugh, vegetarian cooking, yoga (I'm a certified teacher), traveling, reading and creative writing.

Though I've lived in South Korea, Japan and India, Connecticut is my home. A longtime writer, I have been the music columnist for Danbury's News Times, an editor at The Litchfield County Times and a web editor at Craftstylish.com.

I have also contributed articles to The Times of India, The Herald, The Mirror and Play magazine, among others.

I'm excited about Patch.com. We need our local news!