About Bill Rowe, Author of Gandolf dot Com and Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry dot Com

*Isle of View*
Elorchristi Christelor, Isle of View		Architect
		Architect in Chico, California
		Married Architect in Chico, California
		*B. A. Philosophy, The University of Chicago,* Chicago, Illinois, 1968**
		*B. Architecture, The Cooper Union,* New York, New York, 1972**
		Owner, Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry The Internet's Premier Celtic Jewelry Shop, where service still thrives
		Owner, Took & Baggins Web Hosting, Design, and Maintenance
		Project Architect, Thomson & Hendricks Architects in Chico, California
		Partner, ARCADEME Architects in Chico, California
		Associate, Project Architect, Mentor, System Administrator, and Webmaster at Dembling+Dembling Architects (Not as nerdy as it sounds; quite exciting and rewarding, actually)
		Associate, Project Architect, and System Administrator at I. M. Pei & Partners -- 1977-1988 (Now: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners )
		Callow Architect, and general pain in the butt, at Davis Brody and Associates -- 1975-1977 (Sadly, the great teacher Sam Brody is no longer with us)
		Every Architect has his worst place, surely. Yet I shall not empty your pockets conjuring their names three. Perhaps you know them; if so, I pity thee.

		An old Bill Rowe when I was younger. I still think of myself this way, except with a beard. An older Bill Rowe when I was even younger, showing I can look into the camera.
	Interests
	WWW as a medium of private publishing
	American Painting, 18th and early 20th Century, especially Hudson River and Tonalists
	Graphic Arts
	Photography
	Cornish Folklore (obviously)
	Celtic lore and design
	The Old Cornish Religion
	King Arthur, The Matter of Britain, and Merlin (Myrddin)
	Celtic bard and poet Taliesin
	Sherlock Holmes and Holmesiana
	Rex Stout mysteries Nero Wolfe (Nero Wolfe is supposed to be a descendant of Mycroft Holmes)
	H. P. Lovecraft, especially The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
	Vladimir Nabokov, especially Pale Fire
	Magick & Mystery
	Other Web Pages I Have Designed
	Dembling+Dembling Architects
	ARCADEME Architects
	Celtic Metaphysical Jewelry Metaphysical Celtic Jewelry Gifts
	Took & Baggins dot Com
	DiFiorini dot Com
	Eva Farley Watercolors
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