Well, my humor here is described as clean, spontaneous, dark....That made me laugh since I'm a bit more light than dark. A little more kind... Anyway, I am an aquatic creature- swimming, running on trails, soft touch for animals, a loving nature, enjoy growing plants- just love the whole creative process. That is where I am in my element- improving things about me. Want something better for people, for the planet. Creating structural improvements for my work is part of what I do.......

I have a job that is a daily adventure. i guess sometimes it feels more like a way of life. I get to spend time with all these science, neighborhood activists, biologists, planners, horticultural, big brain, watershed types around town. I love it. I work with kids as a sort of nature explorer. Has moments of pure insanity/hilarity/danger/tripping/scissors play//hawks/coyotes/fox sightings.....Just returned from back country Utah trip...Planning a few others-kayaking off the California coast. and back country Yellowstone. I would love to cycle through the desert and camp with a cool guy who knows how to make a nice fire or has no problem with cheap hotels and hot showers. i like a good story for later......

problem solving, initiating conversations with strangers, swimming, being welcoming, growing plants, being curious, talking about ideas and making them happen, biking, inline skating. Avid swimmer of lakes-yes I go all the way across! (You could kayak next to me or swim too). I am also a good partner -loyal, loving, adventurous. Don't believe in competition with friends or lovers.

I am not exactly sure.... Perhaps that I am taller, fit, mannerly ( despite what this site says)! I am also friendly to strangers, but am a bit shy underneath. Not a pushover and am not fond of this Minnesota Nice. I come from a place where we didn't do this... I suppose that combination of qualities might be a draw for some. Others not so much- and that is fine. Drawn to animals. Passionate about things environmental. You become what you do....

I'm fixing this part.. I think what would be more compelling would be to share how these books, movies, music, etc. have shaped me or inspired me to live more fully or to be a better person....Barbara Kingsolver, Ann Patchett-State of Wonder. Cheryl Strayed-Wild. (I was that kid) Just finished this. Loved it. John Irving because Owen Meany was so fully realized as a character and I grew to love him and wept for hours when he died, like I lost a good friend. Louise Erdrich/Last Report because she wrote this gender-bending shock of a book that was funny, profoundly sad, poetic and mesmerizing. You could find yourself in those pages. Mary Oliver because she connects the reader so deeply with the natural world, you want to protect all things. She is able to appeal to a wide range of people and small children get it too. N.Y. Times- for the long form essays and articles.They do this part well. I learn about complex issues from good writers/journalists. Conservation Volunteer because the writers care about creating a sense of place, Ranger Rick (not kidding), anything Werner Herzog. He's kind of a jerk sometimes with his subjects. I loved his movie on Antarctica. Local Hero, Network, not t.v., This American Life, Viggo Mortenson, Julian Schnabel's films, enjoy all kinds of music-not commercial country, Love Steely Dan. You have to love Aja with a passion or we can't hang- the musicians are so incredible...so California, Polica-especially Dark Star, Dylan, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams, Jeff Buckley- I like the melancholic types. Ween-makes me laugh, Patti Smith, Black Keys because they're excellent musicians, Rufus Wainwright, Cat Power, Johnny Cash (now and when I was a kid-the hardscrabble life and his amazing show my dad forbid me to watch but i would anyway...), Greg Allman lately, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppellin-they were such a large part of my growing up experience.androgynous, sexy lead singer. i love rock and rollers. I've been running to this, Bruce Springsteen early stuff, Marvin Gaye-you have to love him, Al Green on and on.. Pretty much a free-ranger when it comes to music and food.

swimming, dental tape, music of crickets, s.p.f. 50, the perfect pillow, swim fins, coops, smoked salmon, seed packets, my artist friends, my Bianchi -the old one.

soulful connections, warming trends, what the republican haters are trying to do to women and my job, Right to Work For Less, water quality,having a trusty boyfriend who loves adventure, is physically fit and loves the outdoors, ideas and spirited conversations. Hey, if you listen to Rush Limbaugh, please keep moving. KQ morning show, Vikings freaks, snowmobile guys, hunters, non-readers, ASSCAR, let's not waste time......Not my deal.

Coming down off the week. Regenerating. Listening to music. Swimming, steam room with head in the clouds eyes closed.

if you aren't a player. if you love the outdoors, are physically active, like women in the truest sense, like cats- oh and read. Then we could start talking......