Real Hobby

Steelworker's hobby became career
Monessen Valley Independent
"It was a hobby and it escalated from that," Fran Roberts said. Roberts was a steelworker in the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport Plant when he began …

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Steelworker's hobby became career
Monessen Valley Independent
"It was a hobby and it escalated from that," Fran Roberts said. Roberts was a steelworker in the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Allenport Plant when he began …

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Julie Michelle develops photo hobby into career
San Francisco Chronicle
Before being laid off, Michelle, 42, viewed her photography as just a hobby. When she wasn't working, Michelle was taking pictures of San Francisco, …

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Julie Michelle develops photo hobby into career
San Francisco Chronicle
Before being laid off, Michelle, 42, viewed her photography as just a hobby. When she wasn't working, Michelle was taking pictures of San Francisco, …

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Julie Michelle develops photo hobby into career
San Francisco Chronicle
Before being laid off, Michelle, 42, viewed her photography as just a hobby. When she wasn't working, Michelle was taking pictures of San Francisco, …

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Julie Michelle develops photo hobby into career
San Francisco Chronicle
Before being laid off, Michelle, 42, viewed her photography as just a hobby. When she wasn't working, Michelle was taking pictures of San Francisco, …

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Riverdale skater turns hobby into career
StandardNet
Now Nef's joined others of his generation who are turning their favorite hobby into a career. Skaters born in the late 80s and early 90s are growing up fast …

Riverdale skater turns hobby into career
StandardNet
Now Nef's joined others of his generation who are turning their favorite hobby into a career. Skaters born in the late 80s and early 90s are growing up fast …

Hobby turns into career
The Free Lance-Star, VA
As sometimes happens for those lucky enough to be skilled at something they love, Edge's interest slowly grew from hobby to profession. His first job was making a working re-creation of an early-American muzzleloader for a client. …

Hobby turns into career
The Free Lance-Star, VA
As sometimes happens for those lucky enough to be skilled at something they love, Edge's interest slowly grew from hobby to profession. His first job was making a working re-creation of an early-American muzzleloader for a client. …

Hobby turns into career
The Free Lance-Star, VA
As sometimes happens for those lucky enough to be skilled at something they love, Edge's interest slowly grew from hobby to profession. His first job was making a working re-creation of an early-American muzzleloader for a client. …

Hobby turns into career
The Free Lance-Star, VA
As sometimes happens for those lucky enough to be skilled at something they love, Edge's interest slowly grew from hobby to profession. His first job was making a working re-creation of an early-American muzzleloader for a client. …

Surgeon's hobby takes off
Suffolk Times, NY
Putting things together has been his career — and his hobby — for seven years. For him, surgery and helicopters are intimately connected. "It's a very similar process, the way you put things together," said Dr. Sultan, 38, of Westhampton. …

Surgeon's hobby takes off
Suffolk Times, NY
Putting things together has been his career — and his hobby — for seven years. For him, surgery and helicopters are intimately connected. "It's a very similar process, the way you put things together," said Dr. Sultan, 38, of Westhampton. …

Humor writer turned hobby into career writing gags for cartoonists
Tampabay.com, FL
What began as a hobby for Rafferty became a career that has now spanned almost 40 years. I write my ideas on 3-by-5 cards and then send them to cartoonists. I make myself a copy of it and then I send the card out along with maybe another dozen other …

Humor writer turned hobby into career writing gags for cartoonists
Tampabay.com, FL
What began as a hobby for Rafferty became a career that has now spanned almost 40 years. I write my ideas on 3-by-5 cards and then send them to cartoonists. I make myself a copy of it and then I send the card out along with maybe another dozen other …

Humor writer turned hobby into career writing gags for cartoonists
Tampabay.com, FL
What began as a hobby for Rafferty became a career that has now spanned almost 40 years. I write my ideas on 3-by-5 cards and then send them to cartoonists. I make myself a copy of it and then I send the card out along with maybe another dozen other …

Humor writer turned hobby into career writing gags for cartoonists
Tampabay.com, FL
What began as a hobby for Rafferty became a career that has now spanned almost 40 years. I write my ideas on 3-by-5 cards and then send them to cartoonists. I make myself a copy of it and then I send the card out along with maybe another dozen other …

Robyn Slain turns hobby into career
Joplin Globe, MO
So really it's a hobby that turned into a career for me.” On Friday afternoon, Slain presented a 45-minute ballhandling exhibition and talk at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center to the fifth- through eighth-graders attending the Missouri Southern …

Robyn Slain turns hobby into career
Joplin Globe, MO
So really it's a hobby that turned into a career for me.” On Friday afternoon, Slain presented a 45-minute ballhandling exhibition and talk at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center to the fifth- through eighth-graders attending the Missouri Southern …