[Jewelry making - Article 00061] - Re: [Orchid] Jeweler's former lives

[Barbara Bowling]

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    Ok. Since my background seems a little unique, I'll contribute too. I
    worked for 15 years as a plant scientist...did the whole education
    thing, then worked first at Rutgers and then at Penn State as a
    professor. (At the end of my career, in 2000, I published a book
    called The Berry Grower's Companion. It's pretty unusual for a
    tenured prof to leave for any reason, but I did...My consort/spouse
    had an opportunity in a way-far-away state, we moved, and I started
    all over again. It's been great, though becoming an incompetent
    starving artist in lieu of a tenured professor may not be the
    brightest thing for most folks to do. Trouble is that I was always
    Making Things, and could never forget the metalsmithing/enameling
    class I had as a sophmore at Montgomery Junior College. Trying to
    get a Real Studio now, rather than the guest room, and having to
    think about things that I Don't like...like marketing, keeping
    inventory...Still. This is a very honest way to try to make a
    living. Emphasis on "try". 

Barbara Louise Bowling
www.LouisesLeap.com
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