Oct 8, 2010 | Once Upon A Jewel
Holy to Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists, pilgrims ascend Sri Lanka’s holy mountain Sri Pada in the darkness of night to pray as the sun dawns above the Indian Ocean. While the trail up Sri Pada was clearly defined, my life’s path was at a crux. I had...
Oct 8, 2010 | Once Upon A Jewel
In 1990, soon after I started Cynthia Renée Company, I met some friends to celebrate an engagement. I wore a small, yellow gold brooch of Marie Antoinette hand-painted on ivory accented by natural pearls. I was in the office of an antique jewelry dealer friend when I...
Oct 8, 2010 | Once Upon A Jewel
I was twenty-six and guiding a group of geology professors through the Himalaya Tourmaline Mine where I was doing my undergrad thesis. One of the professors was Dr. Brian Mason, a geochemist who authored the mineralogy text most universities were using, including...
