The woman I am looking for is curious about the world around her. She can joke around with someone and not easily be offended. Works hard to better herself in life. She is very active and feels young at heart. She can SPELL! Or can joke about her spelling. She is generally happy and she loves family and friends. The rest is all negotiable...

First of all, I would hate to bore you by telling you how wonderful I am by attaching a bunch of flattering adjectives to my profile on OK Cupid. I am sure that you have already found this in of the other profiles of your dream date. I know I have seen flattering adjectives from women about themselves over fifty times in the past 10 minutes. So I contemplate the question, if we are such wonderful people, what are we still doing single??? Was it the luck of the draw, was I just in the wrong place at the wrong time...etc.

A few things you should know about me before going out on a first date – I cried like a baby twice when I watched “The Notebook” for the tenth time, I enjoy meeting the most unusual people, I think cowboy boots and black button up Levi’s could be a fashion statement, I usually judge people in the first twenty minutes after meeting them, I like to play in the snow but when I get cold I'm ready to go, wear my heart high on my sleeve some days, fish too much, work on my vehicles in the driveway, MPA from Evergreen (TESC), yes I'm a greener, I was raised on a ranch/farm in Oklahoma (I'm still an older rodeo cowboy in heart), I write too much in my profile because I have nothing to hide… and finally the BIG one…I wish I didn't spend so much time looking for a date with a simple girl who wants to share some quality time with a nice intelligent guy like me.

One quote from "Rainer Maria Rilke" best sums it up for me..."For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the work for which all other work is but preparation."

I work, I am having fun, have a home, have two small businesses and living fairly comfy at this stage of my life...I can always drive to Portland or Seattle for excitement and/or dating activities. Lived and worked in Olympia for 18 years and recently worked in Vancouver for four years and I still visit a multitude of close friends quite often. My work is in the health education field, mostly contract work for different state and tribal agencies throughout the Pacific Northwest. I continue to volunteer with a youth organization teaching some craft classes with foster care youth when I find time. I support any organization that works with kids. Our children are our future. I am a very humble person who is lucky to have such a wonderful and an even fuller life with wonderful friends and a large local native and spiritual family with a multitude of things to do over the course of the year.

I make and play indigenous instruments out of local scrap pieces of Red Cedar, salvaged or recycled wood. I do record indigenous music and if you’re lucky I will entice you playing one of my many flutes.

"The only gift is a portion of thyself."~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do have very long hair and some women are very prejudice about my longer hair. The length of the hair doesn't make or break me as a man. Anyway physical attraction is part of who we are on the outside, sad that some people don't take the time to find out who I really am on the inside...I do participate in Native American Ceremonies where I am not allowed to cut my hair...Creator and my spirituality is extremely important to me. So if long hair is a deal breaker then I am not for you

"Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a friend for life." ~ Leo Buscaglia

I just finished "Day Tripper" by Fabio Moon, which I highly recommend, I can't get enough of it. It is in Comic form which is different but I really like it...I think it is an awesome book about life and everyone can relate to many of the different chapters of life...I really love the deep meaning and can relate to many different spiritual aspects of the Book. I just bought the book "Manopause: Guide to Surviving His Changing Life" by Lisa Friedman Bloch, Kathy Kirtland Silverman...it was highly recommended by a woman friend of mine...looking forward to reading it.

Movies I liked...City of Angels, Meet Joe Black, Legends of the Fall, The Matrix Trilogy, Godfather Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy...Recently saw the Hobbit, Lincoln and Skyfall...

I do like to attend theater ("Phantom of the Opera" is my favorite)
I like most music, my exception is Hard Core RAP that degrades women in the lyrics, or speaks of crime and killing. I've been a Dj playing for a wide age and diverse crowd for special events and conventions for the past 25 years up and down the West Coast. Being from the classic rock era I love most classic rock...While growing up in Oklahoma and my family listened to country music.

Love to cook southern food, I do know how to grill and BBQ but what man doesn't...?

My Family
My True Friends
My Love for Life
Spirituality
Happiness
My old beat up 4x4 Truck (love wondering off the path)

At this time in life...HAPPINESS and wondering if I will ever find TRUE LOVE again. Life's losses always reminds me, you better hold tightly or speak often to the ones you love the most, you never know what will happen or if this will be the last time you embrace them...tomorrow is never a given, it's a gift.

The importance of my family, especially being an example for my 3 children who have their own lives. Always thinking about my part on earth and how to make the world a better place for my grandchildren. If I am really lucky, put a smile on someone's face that is a lot worse off today than myself.

"To laugh often and love much... to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self...this is to have succeeded."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hoping someone on Friday has a better idea then I do...Hopfully spending time with someone I like, dancing is cool. Did I mention I am spontaneous at times, I have an open schedule a majority of the week, (except Tues,Wed and Thurs), so it is easy to find time to do things in a minutes notice.

I truly miss watching a movie with someone special; sitting close, holding hands, cuddle...more if applicably agreed too, what a start to a great week-end...

I don’t want to scare you off but I was drafted and I am a Vietnam Era Veteran, so if you’re a veteran or a family member of a veteran thank you for your service…

You know what you want in life and not afraid to express what you need. You like what you read in my profile, as crazy as it seems. You're not afraid of a sexy, taller mature part Native American man with longer hair. You know how to laugh with me, not at me. You want a man in your life who doesn't know everything but intelligent, educated and still wanting to learn more about life.

IMPORTANT, If your older then me and not very physically active in your life or you make me feel old while were together...I'm not an old man just because I'm over 50 and a grandfather...I work hard and play even harder.