[Jewelry making - Article 00698] - [Orchid] Where is Jeweler heaven?

[Noel Yovovich]

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    Friends-- I'd really like to hear about where you live, and how it
    does/does not work for you in terms of natural beauty, like-minded
    people, opportunities and social ambience. I'm hoping this will help
    me with a very important issue in my life. Not strictly a jewelry
    issue, but one that may be of some interest beyond me, since it is
    about feeding the soul. I've been an artist all my life. Making
    things, and teaching, are all I can/want to do. I was raised way out
    in the country (Florida) by a mother from Manhatten, and a
    second-generation Floridian father who was an artist, whose
    life-view was heavily colored by his Native American grandmother. I
    mention these things to give a sense that my spirituality and peace
    of mind are tied to the earth, and thrive on quiet, natural
    settings. However, I have not lived in such a setting since I left
    home to go to college, in 1968. I went to the University of Chicago,
    fell in live with a Chicago guy (down to the bone), have been
    married to him for 25 years and 4 kids. Now, here's the issue-- I
    can't stand to live here much longer. I love Evanston, where we
    live, but a house that had natural beauty around it, here, would
    only be available to the very rich. Our modest bungalo on less than
    1/4 acre is now worth maybe $400,000 or more, taxes $7,000 a year.
    My husband is a writer-- we're never going to be well-off. He also
    would lose his mind in the isolation that I crave. SO-- does anyone
    know of a place where one can live in beauty, near artists and
    intellectuals, cheaply? We are beginning a process of visiting
    places, in hopes of finding a place that somehow solves our
    connundrum. This is possibly the biggest challenge of our marriage,
    and I have no idea where to even look. So, friends, thanks for
    reading this far. And thanks for any thought you give this problem, 
    regardless of result. --Noel



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