Truth be told, i was getting a little burned out on computer dating after a few weeks. This activity has over-excited a young part within, and this young one is very impatient. He is wanting connection now, and he wants it to be good, and intimate, and real. He wants it to be like the best parts of past relationships – the companionship, connection, love, sensuality, passionate expression, holding, and being held. His excitement has kept me up late reading profiles, and has led to a less centered state of mind on occasion. So, I say No to this part of me running the show. The driver of this ship of Self shall be a mature adult, or even better, the True Self within!
Having said all that, I'm still here and receptive.

I'm a life long learner, focusing on spiritual growth and more knowledge of how personalities work and heal. I am grateful for my day job, and I'm wondering about retiring in the next five years to try new ventures. I'm aware more than ever, that I want a life long partner to share it all - friendship, connection, truth, love, everything that comes up, and travel.

Filling out these questionaires. yuk. Let's see - downhill skiing; expressing myself with oil pastels; making omelettes, dancing like nobody's watching; listening for the deep story; and paying attention to a healthy life style.

My height - I'm 6'3". And I'm thin, with curly, slightly long hair.

On the shelf at the head of my bed, there are a few books, not all of them started, which include: Toward a Psychology of Awakening; The Gift (Hafiz); The Captain's Verses (Neruda); Animal Speak; Peru; The Essential Neruda; Radical Honesty; Working in the Dark; Medicine Cards; Making the Gods Work for You (Casey); The Fifth Sacred Thing; King Warrior Magician Lover (I love this - Jungian archetypes in men); Astrology and Consciousness; You are the One You've Been Waiting For; India; The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart; The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; The Intimacy Factor; Getting Real; three novels by Barbara Kingsolver; Entering the Healing Ground; The Enneagram in Love and Work; Secrets of the Talking Jaguar; A Branch from the Lightning Tree; Toltec Wisdom; Body, Breath, and Consciousness; The Power of Intention; and Ayurveda - The Science of Self Healing.
I haven't seen too many films lately, but would enjoy attending films with a sweetheart. I like films about relationships, some indie cult films, and historical period films - I had edgier tastes for film in the past. I do NOT like spectator sports, extreme action, gratuitous violence or horror movies.
Music - earthy folksy roots tunes, alternative world beat, new age acousitic, chanting spirituals, and down tempo electronica. I'm planning to buy more Lucy Kaplansky and Leonard Cohen - been loving them.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm .... fresh fruit in the morning; rooibus tea (at the moment); a good pair of hiking boots; a journal; a spiritual practice to stay centered and grounded; and a mind that wants to get the right number of items down here - smile.

Right now I'm passionate about the enneagram, an Internal Family Systems group, walks in the woods near my house, hawks and owls, the organic tamales and steamed veggies I am eating for dinner, staying in tonight to read, hot springs, Pandora radio - have Red Molly tuned in now, and plans for the Kate Wolf Festival this year. OK, that was about passions. What I think about quite a bit is future plans; how my environment may be affecting me; how will I find enough time to do everything?; who has the power to make things happen?; (such as Barack Obama) and what I am feeling or sensing - a practice of staying present.

getting an acupuncture treatment, dancing, having dinner with a friend, or staying home to catch up before the weekend tide rolls in.

When I was 20 years old, backpacking and hitchhiking around in Colorado, my fave possessions were a pup tent, a fishing pole, and a carving knife.

you want a man with the capacity to grow, open, and love; and you have an adventurous Spirit.