My Fingernails Will Grow Back

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I took several classes in Lapidary and Jewelry Making at Monterey Peninsula College a few years ago. Several pieces I made were from various types of Jade, mostly in white, black, and blue-green colors. I also enjoyed making necklaces with sterling silver wire, which I think I once wrote about--probably in a piece called Silver.

Big Sur Jade Cabochon Broken from off underwater cliffs Slowly pushed by tides and currents Found by me during a low tide While searching along Jade Cove In Los Padres National Forest Cut into quarter to half-inch slabs The cut again into an octagon The octagon grinds down to an oval A flat surface down to concave Grounded first with coarse wheels Then again with finer wheels Buffed and polished to a high sheen With powdered sapphires A new Big Sur Jade Cabochon

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Skat A

Date: 12/29/2015 5:16:00 PM

MARK, Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups home page during the last week of 2015 and beginning of 2016 :) awesome way to start the year... Enjoy the coming Year.... SKAT

Mark J. Halliday
Date: 12/29/2015 11:46:00 PM

Thanks Skat. May 2016 find you healthier, happier, and more prosperous than the last several years combined!