I am a creative type looking for a kind man who's giving and resourceful. I have a Deep-South background/ affinity, as well as much broader experience and interests (international, academic, musical). I am old-school but also very independent strong lady. A refreshing & versatile mix. I've been learning a lot about myself & relationships, & am eager to find a practice-partner who's equally tenacious. Other things about me: smart, deeply generous, weirdly intuitive, a unique sort-- so I've been told. And people like my outfits.

making new outfits, writing a novel, improving my home, taking better care of myself, learning what makes me happy, expanding (not physically). Now that the weather's better, bicycling bicycling. Not the racing-stripes kind but the cruiser kind, up and down around town, practical-like. I like when I can get by without using my car. Lately I'm doing a lot promoting my band; we recently got a new injection of energy that has reinvigorated me creatively. watch out, world.

outfits [please continue reading, for elaboration on the outfit-tip, lest you get the wrong impression.], playing violin, writing, Argentine tango, budgeting, networking, making friends, working on relationships, honesty and directness, being constructive. I have done a good job of eliminating a lot of drama from my life over the years.

are that I'm energetic, excitable, engaging, kind. I talk with my hands a lot. I have an outfit.

When I take time away from choosing and making new outfits, here are some things I like . . .
Books: "Cruddy," by Lynda Barry; anything by Alice Munro; "Everything That Rises Must Converge," by Flannery O'Connor.
Music: most telling would be that my favorite 2 radio stations these days are KNCT Easy Listening, & KAZI R&B. these likes are only barely ironic. My new fixation is Karl Blau, who plays out of tune & oddly arranged, both in fetching ways. Otherwise, a huge range of rock (from Black Sabbath to Journey to the Clash to Regina Spektor), pop (Prince, Lily Allen), jazz (Charles Mingus, Tin Hat Trio), rap/hiphop (Outkast, M.I.A.), international & Latin stuff (tango, fado, Balkan), country (George Jones, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash), and.... assorted old-people music (Marlene Dietrich, bigband, many 70s flavors). Occasionally classical music. NOT much of the 80s.
TV: "Flight of the Conchords" makes me laugh till I pee a little. Lately, "The Wire" has been seriously like crack to me.
Food: healthy things but also occasionally greasy things. I do on occasion like a fancy meal with really great wine, i.e. some decadence. Meat. I eat meat, however rarely cook it at home.

chocolate, music, reading, hiking & camping, family, swimming; or better yet, thinking about what outfit I'll wear when I go swimming.

what I want, ways I'm changing, what's next. People I know, or songs. Stories. New outfits.

having dinner w/ some pals or seeing music or sitting on my ass watching a movie; more likely, trying on outfits.

1. I don't actually spend a lot of time on outfits.
2. One of those descriptor-symbols below hurts my feelings, because it implies I'm a prude. I'm actually a very passionate person, just have learned not to place those impulses at the forefront. Haven't figured out how to eliminate that pesky descriptor, though.

you're a grown-up, curious in the world, motivated, communicative. nice.