I love variety, and realize there’s plenty of room for all types of taste in jewelry. Some people wouldn’t be seen in anything but gold, some need to be dripping in diamonds while others wear only a simple wedding band or a pair of pear studs.

I still find my self attracted to silver jewelry with dogs , cats or other animals. Why is this? Well of course I love animals anyway, but there is something that fascinates me about an artist who can capture all the whimsy and life of an animal in something as tiny as a silver earring, a gold pendant or a platinum ring. And silver charms! Who can resist them?

It’s too bad men are not encouraged to wear body adornment, as they once were. Sure you can wear an earring, but how many men are brave enough to put on a charm bracelet? Yet in many cultures it was the men, like male peacocks, who were the decorated ones.