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I have a bead store which is surviving the downturn quite well.  But, not without extra effort.  I am open 7  days  a week with one late evening. I also wholesale my jewelry though clothing stores and do online bead marketing through etsy.com. I believe women that do bead work do not find it to be a luxury. It is a creative endevour that endures although 'world travel' may be sacrificed in this economy. I believe we need our arts to keep sane ! Business wise i keep out of debt and buy less and let go of the hoarded bead stash that has been aquired through the last 20 years!

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As a young girl, i'm 57 now, my mom used to read me, at bedtime, Don Blanding, the Hawaiian poet's, Vagabonds House. I can recite much of it still. 'If I have a house that I sometime may, I'll suit my fancy in every way. I'll fill it with things that have caught my eye, in drifting from Iceland to Molakai'. It goes on to describe the books, the spice rack, "ol Joy' who will fix a drink and the pups, 'one by breeding, the other by heart.' Guess which one was named Mickey. Then the paintings..the 'smashing marine' and the other that explained what the author 'thinks about sin.' Check it out.. it gave me the wonderlust and curiosity to keep reading and exploring the world around me, with the wealth of words or putting one foot in front of the other... Sandi in Redmond, Oregon

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