Do you like bonsai trees?

You're right, enigma, these trees connect me to events both past and present, some more raw than others. It can be stressful, or can offer blessed relief, depending upon the context.

I think my mother does the temperament of an artist. She still performs music on her guitar at her local library and is right now painting cards for people of big cats (lions, tigers, leopards ...). She also makes decorative cakes for people, which again provides an additional source of income that can be valuable to a retiree.

I can picture a teacher glowing and it makes me think of the nuclear site Homer Simpson monitors.