Airynaa Tannberg:  

G'Day from Downunder, Since graduating in 1959, my life has been a challenging, interesting and wonderful journey. I worked as an administrative assistant at Santa Cruz Land Title and First American Title Company in Santa Cruz for 7 years. In 1967, I married Bill Cook, and in 1970 we sold our home in Aptos and moved to Sandpoint, Idaho. We wanted to live a more rural life up in the mountains so we could raise a family. After our move to Sandpoint, Idaho, we worked for a Big Game Outfitter....Bill an assistant hunting guide, and I the camp cook!! In 1972 Bill suffered a severe accident which meant I needed to earn an income to support my totally disabled husband and a child on the way. I converted our two storey home, which was located in the middle of Sandpoint, into a boutique art and gift shop and called it "The Pine Tree". I painted small paintings on driftwood gathered from Lake Pend Orielle, learned to make candles, taught some art and crafts, and took other artisian's works on consignment. It was the first art gallery/boutique shop of its kind in Sandpoint, and now Sandpoint has a very active artists' community with a number of galleries and boutiques. Through various events, and later the death of Bill, I found myself in Calgary, Canada where I met Carsen who had a chiropractic practice. In 1979 we were married at Banff, Canada and I changed my name from Irene Blair Cook to Airynaa Tannberg. I assisted Carsen in his practice in Canada, and then we sold, travelled in our motorhome for a couple of years, and ended up in Calabasas, California near Malibu. I worked as an administrative assistant with Howard Hughes Research Labs in Malibu, and later with Becton-Dickinson Pharmaceutical Company. Carsen and I, with my son Hans, then travelled to Germany in 1984 where we worked in a medical center near Munich. In 1987 we decided to move to Sydney, Australia wherein we set up a chiropractic clinic. Carsen and I are still very actively involved in our clinic here in Australia. My son, Hans, finished his University education here in Australia and for the past 9 years has been employed as an investment b...Expand for more