Bored and restless in your humdrum job? Or just looking for a new hobby to get you away from all that reading? Gert has found some books to inspire you to make that change. Learn the techniques of grab and run, the finesse lift, and cutting the pockets to become a successful pickpocket. Wondering how to stuff an owl, fox or badger? Look no further than Practical Taxidermy, while In Love and Unity will tell you more about the craft of brush and broom making through history than you ever wanted to know. As for Mole Catching, it is, in Gert’s opinion, one of the most comprehensive books on mole-trapping ever written.
If none of these appeal, you could consider becoming a pet food taster, a designer of dog clothes, a rodeo clown or a lipstick namer. All this and more in the range of books on display at this Abe page:
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/work-living-unusual-careers-weird/odd-jobs.shtml?nomobile=true
Gert Loveday's Fun with Books 
The association between practical taxidermy and home decorating strikes me as a particularly fruitful avenue of exploration. There’s some appeal in learning to pick pockets too, if only as a defensive measure.
Did I send the link to my first published haibun? http://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/pages121/Carns_Knik.html. The other one should be out sometime soon, I think.
Teri WOW! and congratulations. This is the real thing, so strong, and showing the arc of a whole region and way of life. I love the fact that you could use the ground of your studies to write this satisfying work. And that last haiku…
today’s Communion
wheat rows in slanting light
of September dusk
Beautiful.Thanks for the link.
Thanks Gert. Writing is fun and challenging; writing haibuns is humbling and thrilling. I need to write more. Right now, I’m working on a book chapter or two about the differences between the Eleusinian mysteries (which were celebrated for nearly 2,000 years) and Christianity (which has lasted just over 2,000 years). Seems as if that should be good for a haibun or two, but they haven’t manifested yet.
Would be challenging to deal with that subject in the compass of one haibun. You’d
need a whole book, which is of course quite possible. Love to read it when it’s done.
Wow, those are areas of endeavour that I never thought of. I bet you could make some money at it too.
Leslie
I can see you as a mole-trapper, Leslie. And you could combine it with taxidermy to add to your range of artistic skills.
What about amateur archaeology? I read that they have discovered what looks like a second Viking village in Newfoundland.
Now archaeology is really my field. I did spend a few years as an Interpretive Dancer then a Pastry Chef.
I clicked the send button before I finished. – Yes I did hear about that Viking village in Newfoundland. I was hoping for a stint in Egypt or Syria. Tunisia was a gold mine with Carthage.
Leslie
Interpretive dancer? Now we must see a video.
Egypt, Syria and Tunisia are off the agenda just for now, I’d say.
I knew that would get your attention.
Yes Egypt, Syria and Tunisia are definitely off the list for now.
Leslie