I'm a retired university professor (cultural history--about as mushy and qualitative as it gets! <smile>); I was also a professional musician "on the side" while I was teaching. I quit work when our eldest son was one; my husband had been able to take a year of parental leave when he was born, but when that was up, neither one of us could face leaving our boy with somebody else, so I came home.
Now I'm homeschooling my three sons, raising chickens and vegetables, doing a lot of knitting and weaving, and pondering writing another book. I published a couple of academic books while I was teaching, but I feel too far removed from that world to do another one, and would like to try something aimed at a more general audience. We'll see!
