I am intelligent, reserved, and caring.
My Self-Summary
Frankly, I am less interested in dating than in friends. I don't
tend to have many friends at a time, though, because it takes work!
And I'm lazy. So if you are a gung-ho socializer who is always on
the go you are going to find me tiresome.
However, if you are intelligent and love to think and talk, really
talk, and love to read as much as I do, we might get along.
I enjoy cooking, cats, reading, music, nature, photography,
writing, and more. I am a vegan atheist - and yes, serious about
it. Oh yeah, and I'm fat and I have arthritis.
Why am I even doing this, what with my cynicism and all? I have no
idea. Perhaps if I put it all out there and you are still
interested in meeting me we might have a go.
What I’m doing with my life
I am not doing much with my life right now. I retired from a career
as a city planner a couple of years ago. I have frittered away most
of my life, frankly.
I am on the board of directors of a foundation created to provide
information and assistance with the buildings designed by my father
(an architect). I created and maintain the website for the
foundation. I write in several blogs, including a general personal
journal, a book review journal, a couple vegan blogs, and more. I
take pictures often but rarely make any attempt to make money from
them.
I’m really good at
conversation with one or two other intelligent, interesting people.
I'm good at editing and writing. I like photography and do passing
well with it but have not put the time in to be as good as I'd
like. I'm good with computers, can often help others.
I have learned to put things in perspective. I used to be deeply
depressed much of the time, I was fearful of many things. I have
learned to talk my way to another state of mind when depression
threatens, and I have overcome my fear of heights. I am good at
finding those silver linings but I do trust I am not annoying about
it.
The first things people usually notice about me
Probably my size. I am large. Perhaps, then, my eyes, blue, and if
I'm in the right state, my smile.
I think I come across as formidable to some. And trustworthy.
People trust me, believe me. I don't always like that.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Favorites are a tough call for me because I like so many. Off the
top of my head:
books:
Arctic Dreams (Barry ?)
Sea of Slaughter (Farley Mowat)
The Fatal Shore (Robert Hughes)
The China Study (Colin Campbell)
How Doctors Think (Jerome Groopman)
Mad in America (Robert Whitaker)
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
and many more
movies:
I'll get to this later
music:
mainly classical - many periods
some "classic" rock, blues, blues rock, country rock
food:
too much to list
The six things I could never do without
my daughters
my grandson
music
books
opportunities to give
cooking
I spend a lot of time thinking about
health (mine and others')
the corporate world
the glut of misinformation in the world
religion and what it hasn't done for us
people
animals
On a typical Friday night I am
At home.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I may have said it already. I'm fat, I'm an atheist, I'm lazy.
You should message me if
it's hard for me to imagine.