During the summer Michaela “Mich” Lee taught a six-week class in international cooking for Gloucester Parks and Recreation, and it was so successful that another six-week session followed.
Mich, who says she’s a “medical technician dealing with eyes,” pursued her profession in her native Germany and continued to practice once moving to the USA. She met husband David Lee when he came in to buy glasses that he really didn’t need and kept coming back for adjustments. David was serving in the U.S. Army stationed in Germany. They married and for many years alternated between two years in Germany “being with my parents” and two years in the states “being with David’s parents.” Then, fifteen years ago, realizing they would soon be staying here permanently, they bought property in Gloucester and six years ago they came to stay. Soon they wanted a little more acreage with seclusion, and Mich wanted to raise chickens. They found a place in Mathews. “I now have nine chickens and two dogs,” she sa...