agricola work experience

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Agricola wrote the first book on metallurgy, 'De re metallica' in the fifteenth century. I bought the book and read it with real interest in the description of "stirring the molten bath of copper with a green twig". I was in an intense period of learning and not just about metals but about life. This was a time when I cared for my Mother, Helen McBurnett Jack. She became childlike after a series of min-strokes and I moved my family in with her to assist her in recovery, keep her company and help manage her household. My siblings, living nearby, helped also, and Mother enjoyed a renewed, albeit, different family home. The role reversal, me being the parent, was an experiance so different from my normal life as a father to my children. I was pleased to give back to her what she gave me as a child, freedom to do as she pleased. Mother recovered, and with my help, managed to pass a battery of psychological tests and interviews in order to retest and regain her driver's license. I was so proud of her! It was symbolic for I always offered to chauffeur her, the roads around Gwynedd were crowded and aggressive. Even though this was full time caregiving, six days a week, I managed to design and build a 1200 sq.ft., 3 level deck using steel, copper and cedar for a home in Worcester, Pa. I also restored a 19th century iron fence in Radnor, Pa. I went back to school to learn new computer languages. With her gentle passing away, I changed my life again joining Enertec.

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