Sometimes it’s the stone that inspires the piece, sometimes it’s the piece that inspires the stone.
Claudia Endler Jewelry designer I’ve always had an interest in design: clothing, jewelry, shoes, handbags. My mother was very creative...
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- Oct 22, 2022
It takes a village to raise a child and a community.
Bettina Swigger CEO of Downtown SLO I am the CEO of Downtown SLO, which is the downtown business improvement area and we are a nonprofit...
- Sep 25, 2022
If there’s something that I’m passionate about, it’s community. It’s connection.
Sara McGrath Family Resource Specialist at Parents Helping Parents I’ve done so many different things, and it’s all connected to life. It...
- Aug 26, 2022
Being an appraiser is a combination of science, history, market research, and writing.
Where I began was in the mid-eighties, I was working in the jewelry industry in sales in Australia and my background was in opals.
- Aug 6, 2022
I quit working for corporate America and I feel the happiest I’ve felt in my life.
I was 16 when I started to work and I went to retail, like Windsor Fashions and Wild Pair Shoes at The Block, Pier1 Imports, and then I went
- Jul 8, 2022
People want to talk, they want to be heard.
Writing and food happened separately. I’d always communicated well through writing. But I never thought about it as a job.
- Apr 27, 2022
There’s always a positive outcome for an animal that comes through our doors.
Erin Olsen Director of Operations, Kaua‘i Humane Society This was definitely not the career path that I had planned or knew that I would...
- Apr 7, 2022
The relationship with birds of prey is so different than with other animals.
Denise Disharoon Falconer Falconry is thousands of years old and it’s the tradition with taking wild quarry with a trained bird of prey,...
- Mar 12, 2022
I found that embracing change really extends success.
Terese Pearson Pearson’s Port Usually for articles, they want me to start at the beginning of 51 years ago at Pearson’s Port, which is...
- Oct 20, 2021
Just be honest with yourself and with what you’re bringing to the table.
When I started modeling, I wanted to do plus size because I was curvy. And I was still the petite plus, I barely had my toe in plus. If you
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