The bottom line is, I love rocks and fossils! I love finding them. I love collecting them, and now I love cutting them. I've been casually collecting rocks as long as I can remember.

I've got a wonderful family and a rescue dogs with 'issues'. I also have a cat that keeps watch over me from her high perch on a shelf whenever I am polishing stones. I find cutting rocks very relaxing, almost like meditation. I'm usually only at my machine late at night or in the mornings on weekends.

I don't cut stones all the time, I really need to feel like cutting. Sometimes I won't cut any cabs for a couple weeks and then I'll get inspired and cut 10 at a time. I don't make cabochons just to make them. Sometimes a slab will sit around for months before I "see" something in it. Other times I know what I'll cut as soon as I see the slab. I keep some of the stones I cut for myself, but I'm running out of places to keep them. All of my cabochons, even the ones for sale, are kept in Riker mounts so I can look at them all the time.

What else do you want to know about me? I'm a PhD microbiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. My hobbies revolve around rock and fossil collecting. I'm from Louisville, KY and I've lived in Lexington, KY, Iowa City, IA and now Atlanta, GA. I used to breed snakes and lizards as a hobby and I traveled all over the midwest to sell them at snake shows. Selling stones on Etsy is much easier, the stones don't get hungry and they don't bite!
If you want to know anything else just convo me.