Date a soulmate from California, United States. I retired in December and moved to the central coast from Berkeley. It was love at first sight when visited here a year ago and now I am relishing the physical beauty and warm culture of this area--it is all that I imagined and more. I am learning to adapt my energetic style to a much less structured life. Friends from up north ask what I am doing and my quick answer is always that I am loafing, but the reality is that I am savoring a much better mix of slow and busy times. I am meeting wonderful new people here and adoring the plentiful bird and animal wildlife. In fact there is a huge covey of quail at the seed tray in my back yard even as I am writing this. My time goes to visiting with friends, working out, reading, wine tasting, walking, and especially to volunteering at Pacific Wildlife Care, an animal rehab and release nonprofit in Morro Bay. I am looking for a sweet, smart, active guy in my general age range, someone who is a bit sophisticated about who he is and what makes him tick. And he should want to find out what makes me tick.