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peterood

67 / M / Straight / Single

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

His Details

Last Online
Today – 2:14pm
Ethnicity
White
Height
5′ 8″ (1.73m).
Body Type
Fit
Diet
Mostly anything
Smokes
No
Drinks
Socially
Drugs
Never
Religion
Agnosticism and somewhat serious about it
Sign
Libra but it doesn’t matter
Education
Graduated from masters program
Job
Education / Academia
Income
$30,000–$40,000
Offspring
Doesn’t have kids, but might want them
Pets
Likes dogs and likes cats
Speaks
English

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My self-summary
looking for someone who is active & curious & sees the funny side of things
especially if the funny thing is one of my foibles
I do have a few things I take very (sometimes too) seriously
I garden seriously - sort of evangelical with friends trying to get them to plant trees & put in raised beds & other obsessions since childhoood
read Johny Appleseed at influence-able age
love my figs & grapes & chestnuts & berries - trying to create a urban garden for food, privacy & air conditioning by grape & other overhead plant - peas, beans, tomatoes on trelises
my ideal world future has many dinner parties in a beautiful backyard with lotsa healthy food
COHOST would be great - but so would a good friend who would invite me to her dinner parties & events & I can invite her to mine.
many amusing friends from MTSU area - especially ultimate frisbee friends & profs
I like things that make me happy especially conversations with interesting amusing people
have historically developed crushes on women who compete in some way
first crush little girl in 6th grade who spun me down to floor while square dancing - she knew I was trying to throw her down
totally smitten
frequent crushes also from passionate talking
someone with a passion for some book or natural history or art or music or philoso ....
maybe share gardening? cooking? playing?
nice if my partner's mind & body look like they've has some enjoyable exercise lately
want to travel more with good company
plenty of resources for a few foreign foray's a year
I do garden a lot love my urban greenery
meet me for coffee come over to pick from a tsunami of snow peas? free food possibly amusing talk
need to find a garden-sitter for the travel events
progressive politically - occasionally teach history at MTSU
I'm sure I laugh much more than average
ideal life would include eating with an amusing group a few times a week
MY PERFECT match would be a morning person who enjoys the sunrise & browsing in the garden & play in the wood heated greenhouse in cold weather
I love cold winter mornings in my wood-stove heated greenhouse love lots of sun in the winter
If you just like to cook veggies I'll provide lots of beautiful raw materials
If romance strikes you may not want to move in - at least at first
my interior decorating more "bachelor farmer" than Martha Stewart
but I'm creating quite a cool urban garden
20 raised beds, grape air conditioning, figs Chinese Chestnuts
I'm right up your alley if you like to talk history or politics or art or books or what that crazy movie meant
I have wonderful woman friends but really need a partner who wants to spend a lot of her time with me – both exciting or goofy just cooking eating gardening together
I want ONE romance in my life
I don't think you can have too many friends ; I hope my romantic interest won't ask me not to continue to be a loyal friend
people with large communities of friends live longer
my favorite grandmother could wear me out when she was 70 lived to 108 - funny witty to the end
hope to live up to her example
If you read this far you're a tenacious reader & if we meet & we'll probably like each other & you get at least free veggies & hopefully invitations to dinner parties
What I’m doing with my life
starting lots of plants for friends & neighbors
this year tomatoes & broccoli & okra
last year much too many basil & pepper plants
live & learn
I’m really good at
being idiot-savant-ish
The first things people usually notice about me
often say I look like Robin Williams - & I laugh a lot
Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food
Joyce's Ulysses was an undergrad obsession & I'm still sentimental
I read lots online - Krugman - can you put up with someone who finds macroeconomics fascinating?
love poetry - Yeats, Stevens, Dickinson,
The six things I could never do without
friends to play & work & eat & kibbitz & schmooze with
always want more!
tell friends if they have a party call for wure
even if I'm tired from getting up a 5 to garden in summer it's nice to know you were invited
more dinner parties!
love to bake chicken & taters for frisbee friends & have a beer & talk politics or whatever after games
I spend a lot of time thinking about
history of macro-economic policy
women - especially athletic or energetic looking
On a typical Friday night I am
going to Philosophy beers at Sir Pizza or watching Bill Moyers on NPT
I’m looking for
  • Girls who like guys
  • Ages 40–76
  • Near me
  • For new friends