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July 9 • 2015
I was the luckiest guy in the world to
have the opportunity and ability to go
back to college at age 60. It was the
most fulfilling thing I can remember
doing. I was taught by mostly master-
certified chefs, who shared their pas-
sion with the students.
"Even though baking class started at
6 in the morning every day, I would do
it all over again. My only regret is that
my mom and dad could not be here to
share in the fruits of my education.
"Part of the fun is also being asked
a lot of questions when I am wearing
my chef's coat in a grocery store after
having prepared a meal somewhere
he said.
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Like Sirlin, Dr. Jeffrey Eisman discov-
ered a passion doesn't have to replace
full-time professional involvement; it
can go along side it.
In practice as a chiropractor for 35
years, Eisman found an artistic love of
glass blowing through an eerie coinci-
dence 10 years ago.
"I had a dream that I was blowing
glass:' he said. "The next day a flyer
came in the mail inviting me to a
glass-blowing class in Pontiac:'
He studied the art form at the studio
where the class was offered. "In the
next room there was an artist working
on a lamp or torch. I stood by as he
took glass rods, held them in the flame
and began to create arms and legs. I
spent every Thursday night the next
year watching and, gradually, took my
place at the torch. Then I was hooked
on lampworking."
Soon he created his own space in his
West Bloomfield home.
"We vented a room in the basement,
ran a 220 line for a kiln, brought in a
gas line and mounted a torch known
as a midrange lamp;' said Eisman, 61.
"Then came the exhaust fan — and, of
course, speakers for music:'
First he made beads for jewelry.
"Gradually my interests turned to
Judaica. I began sculpting hands and
eventually began creating yads (ritual
pointers for reading Torah), tallit clips
and plates — functional art. Currently,
I am working on fusing glass, mount-
ing them on exotic woods and making
mezuzot." Everything he has created so
far has been for personal enjoyment or
to give as gifts.
The benefits he gets from creating
his art are great, but hardly relaxing.
"On the torch, the work can be fast
and furious:' he said. "To see a round
rod of glass that is hard and rigid
become malleable and then shaped
into an object amazes me each time
I sit at the torch. I have an idea what
I want, but the end product may be
different based on the glass and tem-
perature:'
No matter how many hours Eisman
spends at his craft, he says it is "not
enough!'
Rogow, too, is always looking to
squeeze more and more into her
schedule.
"I play tennis five to six days a
week:' she said. "I hop out of bed
ready to play. I play singles and dou-
bles. I play USTA (United States Tennis
Association), recreational leagues and
in local tournaments. I play all over. If
it's a racquet club, I have played there:'
During her 35 years off from the
sport, she watched her sons play rec-
reational tennis and her daughter play
on the varsity team for four years at
West Bloomfield High School.
Now she plays with them. And she
shares her love of tennis with the
next generation. "I also play with my
18-month-old granddaughter. We put
her in her tennis outfit and her little
racquet and just have her walk around
the court:'
Rogow couldn't be happier with the
commitment she has made to a deep-
rooted passion.
"Just when you think life is going
to go down one path, everything
changes:' she said. "My advice would
be to embrace it and to be grateful
for the changes you are able to make.
When you are happy and healthy, that
mood transfers to everything you do
in life:'
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