Date men and women from United States / California / Blue Lake, 65 year old

Date men and women from Blue Lake, United States. Tolerant, loyal, eccentric, quick (but not deep), skeptical (fled academia a year prior to receiving a PhD in brain research), somewhat frustrated (spent last 30 years trying to make a living as an artist in the woods: dream ON!), have sole custody of daughter and son (16 and 15), capable (built a 2-story house with hand tools, home birthed all my kids, raised chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, pigs, goats, cows, and llamas, done animation, comic books, and political cartoons, illustrated books and magazines, authored books, sold junque in several antique stores, operate a nursery, propertied (60 acres with a house in the woods and half acre town house) and ready for adult conversation and more. A former world class athlete melting into middle aged pudding: trading my six pack for a cold case! Heart is in the arts, body is in a propagation nursery. Just completed 38 straight years of child rearing, mostly on my own. Overwhelmed and underqualified, but I got through it (how do you single mom's do it?). All the free time of the empty nest syndrome is beginning to set in. Femininity is a scarce and needed resource in these parts. I sometimes think I need an anchor to keep me from drifting, but have been told I really need water to float my boat.
The quest for a relationship is a mystery. Beyond acceptance and empathy, my desires are wide open. Surprise me! Feigned interest in my mental life and work would go far. Being artsy craftsy yourself couldn't hurt. Probably best to be at ease with dander and dirt. My civilization is marginal, as is my faith in it and its technologies (the computer is a gift from friends after I declared I'd rather die before I learned how to use one).

Meet someone special from Blue Lake, United States. I'm eccentric, quick (but not deep), witty (bordering on obnoxious), artistic, cerebral, tolerant, loyal, sometimes intense, shy, and stubborn (idealistic?). Former world class athlete melting into middle aged pudding, trading my six pack for a cold case! Lived in the woods for 30 years off the grid, but now a city slicker in a town of 1100. Heart is in the arts, body is in a propagation nursery and putting the finishing touches on the last 2 kids, 15 and 16. Overwhelmed and underqualified, but I'll get through it (how do you single mom's do it?) A master printer, journeyman painter, illustrator, and cartoonist, I was trained as a scientist in brain research. I'm a wild man, and retain my 60 acres in the mountains, though I feel my kids need the socialization of town. I own more houses than I can live in on more property than I can manage, but am a lackluster entrepreneur whose only glory is that I've not had a "job" for 35 years, and don't wanna break my streak now! I look forward to practicing art on a more regular basis, but rearing kids currently sucks up most of my time and art will have to wait. Femininity is a scarce and needed resource in these parts. I sometimes think I need an anchor to keep me from drifting, but have been told I really need water to float my boat. Sorry I haven't answered emails, but I'm not a paying member. Beyond acceptance and empathy, what I seek is wide open. Feigned interest in my mental life and work would go far. Being artsy fartsy yourself couldn't hurt. Enjoying child rearing is fairly unavoidable, at least for the next 4 years. Probably best to be at ease with dander and dirt. My civilization is marginal, as is my faith in it and its technologies. If you're curious, check out BIGFOOT on Saturdays at the Plaza.