I ring the bell and wait for you. Both of my hands are behind my back. "Choose" I say as you open the door. You look at my eyes for a clue, but my peepers ain't talking. You choose my left. I put my clenched fist in front of you and you put out your hand to catch whatever it is I am holding. I open my hand and a locket falls into yours. You open it and inside....well you can't believe it. You blush and put the locket in your purse. You compose yourself, slightly smile and ask, "are we ready"

I nod and we walk to the car, I open the door for you and as you sit inside you detect a faint scent of chocolate and jasmine but then I sit down, start the car and pull away from the curb.

How was your day?" I ask, as I pilot the auto through the narrow side streets and onto the main road. You let out a sigh and relax, "Mostly good" "I was feeling a little nervous abut our date." "You know....because of all the stuff we talked about" "I never talk about myself like that....I don't know what got into me"

Soon we are in front of our destination. You look out the window and exclaim, "Oh my God, its gorgeous"

I stop the car, give the valet my keys and we walk inside......

........while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain.

Great cook, ran two restaurants. Ridiculously handy. Musician, hand drums. Strong sense of aesthetics, love to design, improve, up-grade existing areas. Good with plants, animals. Love being surrounded by nature, living things. Very resourceful, inventive, innovative, creative. Good listener. Love one-on-one contact. Good at diffusing hot situations. Can be diplomatic. Sensitive to the feelings of others. Empathetic.

that I am trying not to be noticed

1951 version of The Thing. Fabulous dialog and a strong, smart, sexually liberated female lead in a 1951 movie

I asked a friend if she could come up with a movie made for adults that didn't have sex, romance, swearing, violence and was actually a good movie and was entertaining. We came up with only one, "A Hard Day's Night"

The Conversation, Bagdad Cafe, Choose Me, Siesta, Being John Malkovich, Cinema Paradiso, Stand and Deliver, Life of Pi......

Hal Hartely films

books...

Finite and Infinite Games, James P. Carse
The Kin if Ata, Dorothy Bryant
The Silent Pulse, George Leonard
Denial of Death, Ernest Becker
Diet for a New America, John Robbins
....so many, mostly non-fiction

Hafiz.....

The Happy Virus

I caught the happy virus last night

When I was out singing beneath the stars.

It is remarkably contagious -

So kiss me.

Rubber Soul(American release) Beatles
My Goals Beyond, John Mclaughlin
Castalia, Mark Isham
Armadillo album, Leo Kottke
Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck
Book of Secrets, Loreena Mckennitt
Diva Dance, Plavalaguna
....the classics in rock, jazz, blues, plus the classical classics
(Beatles. I hardly listen to the Beatles. There are other bands and artists I have listen to far more, and got more out of in terms of technique, attitude, message and sonic impact. My favorite musicians......drummers, guitarists, vocalists, were not in the Beatles. Yet, every time I spin a Beatles lp, especially Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road the voice inside that knows the truth says, "they are the best")

Sane Man, Relentless, Revelations.....anything Bill Hicks

My cooking

I could do without this question

How to think less and experience more.

Was going to print up a bumper sticker.....

"awareness without thought, don't think about it"

archetypal, average, characteristic, normal, regular, representative, standard, true, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, everyday, ordinary, usual, wonted, workaday; classic, textbook, vintage; expected, familiar, habitual, predictable, routine, unexceptional, unremarkable; predominant, preponderant......

.....yeah, that's Friday night

I love dating websites but hate dating

spontaneity and not knowing appeal more than plans, schemes and certainty