I've reached the age where I can dress for work any way I see fit, which includes publishing ventures and university class rooms. My choice to wear bracelets, some metal, others from gem stones. I love the color and feel of your bracelet, the overwhelming sense that these beads were born from a life in and about earth. Reassuring to look at them, touch them for reassurance. They tell me things about myself I wish to hear. Thanjk you. Shelly Lowenkopf, Santa Barbara, CA