Pamela Grimes:  

Life I am in my third life now, having retired in 1996 as a police officer in Salt Lake City. We have moved back to California in the beautiful North, Redding. We live out in the country on 5 acres and find it so nice to come home from town to watch the animals, birds, wild flowers, and no close neighbors. I have made a natural progression back to art. I have spent 25 years doing stained glass as a hobby and now am making and selling art glass jewelry. I lampwork and fuse beads. To see some of my work go to " glassartists. org" and put in my name, Pamela Wein Grimes. I also volunteer at Turtle Bay Exploraton Park as a docent and love working with the animals. ( snakes and stuff). I have 2 step children and 4 grandchildren. My husband and I love to go RVing and take a break from our busy lives. Being retired is very hard, I don't seem to get much done. The year 2003 was very depressing. Both of my parents died in the spring. My Mom after failing for 10 years after a stroke and my Dad from cancer after wearing himself out taking car...Expand for more