Janet McSwain:  

Life Life so far has been an exceedingly interesting journey - from SC to NC and back, to Wisconsin (loved it immensely) to New Orleans (grew to love it - and deeply grieve what has happened to my beloved city) then New York, and now Charleston, SC. Education has included two engineering degrees (BS Chemical and ME Civil) with a Masters in Religion sandwiched in between. Occupationally, I have made toxic waste and Ibuprofen as a Chemical Engineer, sat with the infirmed, dying, lonely, troubled and insane as a pastoral care minister with my church and a Chaplain Intern (CPE) at SC State Hospital, and worked with government, public and private clients to address water and wastewater treatment needs. My favorite and so far longest continuous job was working with the NYC Watershed Program in the wastewater treatment upgrade segment - turning sewage into drinking water for the good folk down in NYC. Yes, sewage is my life - or at least a significant aspect of it. But it was time to move "home" to SC, and so I got a job with Earth Tech as their Engineering Dept. Manager in Charleston. I do love Charleston. My husband, David, is an Episcopal priest - and the last few years have been quite a journey with all that has happened. I never thought biblical literalism and fundamentalism would become a major part of "wishy-washy" Anglican theology! I grieve for the intellectual freedom - and ministry!- of my church. David and I have one 22 year old son, William. He is a wonderful young man, with a heart and spirit larger and more generous than any I have met. After a couple of years of Liberal Arts college, he attended community college for construction, and then a "Natural, Sustainable" Design - Build School in VT. His goal is to construct sustainable, energy efficient "green" housing for folk, including the poo...Expand for more