Hello and thanks for stopping by.
Here goes my summary: unattached and independent human being who fortuitously is female, curious to explore the opportunities life brings now and then. A caveat: slightly over-educated....
Quite extensive traveling and work abroad helped me to overcome most of cultural and upbringing-induced narrow-mindedness and bigotry. I was happy while working in Spain, Germany or Poland and survived using smile and just a few words in native languages. As they say " People who wear smiles have friends. People who wear frowns have wrinkles". It works for me.
Bay Area resident since 1995 and love it because in this climate I can wear my favorite high heels and shortish skirts all year around.
The long stretches of survival of the fittest (kindest - for humans and primates, according to C. Darwin and D. Keltner) have taught me important lesson:" Be your-self no matter what they say" (stolen from Sting's song)....
Here is one of my favorite quotes:
"Perhaps the most indispensable thing we can do as human beings, every day of our lives, is remind ourselves and others of our complexity, fragility, finitness, and uniqueness" ( A. Damasio).
Is it just wishful thinking or a new paradigm is evolving?

Reading, learning, reading, dancing and enjoying it all together.
Omnivorous reader, got enchanted by John Galsworthy and P.G. Wodehouse novels.
Keep my-self reasonably fit – gym exercises 1-2 times a week and Biodanza once a week.

Listening and empathizing; analyzing and synthesizing.
Like to knit/crochet and do some embroidery too.

I've had no clue until recently, when my OKC date exclaimed:
"Oh, you look like European lady!" Hardly surprising since I am one of them, European women...You can take the girl out of Europe, but you can't take Europe out of the girl!

Science fiction (G. Bear, U. LeGuin, M. Zimmer-Bradley, C. Sheffield, L. Niven, R. Heinlein) and mysteries (D.Francis, P.D. James and J. Kellerman) are among my favorites. Like old movies with Ingrid Bergman. Love " Cranford" and "Downton Abbey" on PBS, Shakespeare Retold, "The taming of the Shrew"especially. "Just a Gigolo" - absolutely amazing cult movie.
Thanks to KQED, recently discovered ironic poetry of Phillip Appleman; enjoy&admire it.
Music: Haendel and Bach, Verdi and Grieg, classic guitar, Astor Piazzolla and Flamenco; Peter,Paul & Mary; Leonard Cohen. Got completely smitten with Celtic Thunder at first, now cooling down, though still like them a lot.
Love salmon (cooked my way), honeydew melon and blueberries .

Books, family, friends,PBS ( support it for years),dancing, classic music

Conundrums and paradoxes of life :

How does milk get into coconut?

How should I my true love know
From another one?

Given access to FTL transportation, where would I get faster - to the core of Milky Way or to the end of OKC questionnaire?

My Mommy: why she can not stay healthy and live forever?

Watching Mystery on KQED... or something else equally entertaining

I mend my stockings and socks...

you are so kind to remind me Bertie Wooster middle name ;
you agree with this quote: "The only thing that makes life possible is permanent intolerable uncertainty - not knowing what comes next" and know where I've got it from; if you disagree - then why?
Voulez-vous danser? I would love to...