Date single man from California, United States. I love to meet someone who cycles. I'm not a real fast rider and am willing to go at you pace.
Hiking is a good way to get to know someone..
I'm recently widowed so for now would love to just have someone to talk to and be friends with.
I value honesty above all else. Will treat you the way I want to be treated.
I'd like to meet someone who like to keep busy, enjoys cooking together, walking on the beach and family gatherings. We don't have to share all the same interests. Some people can be in the same room and be a million miles apart while others can be apart but never separated.
I'm not a real dress up kind of guy, jeans or shorts are more my style, although I can dress when the occasion calls for it.
I've been known to walk into a 4 star hotel in dirty bike clothing after riding 70 or 80 miles to get there.
Meet a man from California, United States. I consider myself a very positive person that tends to look at the bright side of life. I very much enjoy helping others and spending time with friends and family. I like learning new things and challenging myself. I enjoy golf, walking on the beach, in the sand of course, and spending time with friends. I plan to travel more and would like a friendly companion to accompany me. I look forward to seeing more of the United States and would also like traveling to Europe, especially Italy. I like to explore this beautiful area I live in and enjoy riding my motorcycle around Santa Cruz and in the local mountains. I enjoy drinking wine with friends, contemplating life and talking about possibilities for the future. I like to laugh at myself and generally to enjoy each day. I would like to find someone that is self-satisfied and is looking for a companion to spend time with to enjoy their life. I am recently retired and am ready to start a new chapter in my life.
Date someone special from California, United States. My photos are recent but I have lost the beard. I like to laugh, dance and not take life or myself too seriously. I'm into the humanities, art, music, literature and dance, exploring the wonders of nature with appreciation. I like a woman who is comfortable in her body but not obsessive about it. Easy and natural is best. I am not seeking marriage at this point, though the right person might convince me otherwise. Friendship is a must before anything, an element that can be missing in a relationship. This might be corny but I would love to wake up to a face I never tire of. Our lists are just that, outlines of what we think we want but may may miss someone important because they lack one or more qualities you seek.
Chemistry or whatever, is only a part, a beginning, a sense that there is some connection. A relationship should be like a vine, growing and weaving until it is strong, a thing of beauty, no lingering questions, no bothersome fears; trust and respect the foundation for its roots.
Dance and music have been a major part of my experience to date. I love photography and enjoy times when I can read. I have favorite authors but am open to suggestions from those around me.
Some of my hours are spent writing fiction, a passion developed over the past 15 years. My stories are very diverse and usually laced with humor as well as the serious. Life's experience has given a lot to work with.
I teach dancing 4 nights a week, private lessons and some performances. I love being able to see the light bulbs go off when my students "get it". My style of teaching makes the student comfortable with bits of humor in the class to lessen the stress of learning something new. Besides dance and writing I enjoy, gardening and play several instrument, the harp my favorite, though I hate to have to tune the 38 strings each time.
Movies are my favorite thing to do when not doing my usual dance teaching or writing. My preference is for comedy, drama but not sex and violence unless it is relevant to the storyline. Things do not need to explode to make a story work. People running around in the buff don't bother me as long as it works with the story, "Sideways", an example of that. I think that's one of the reasons I write. Hollywood has lost the ability to tell a story without special effects and nudity. Mind you, I'm not a prude.
I have been called a hedonist because I love food, art, music and a few things I care not to mention here. Good food and wine with the right company can't be beat. Sharing a moment, if only for that brief time when the sky changes color is a delight that possess no words. A glass of wine, a face I love and the feel of nature around us is the ideal date.
My home in the Santa Cruz Mountains allows me close access to the ocean or the river, both beautiful places to see. When I wander through the forest or along the ocean, it reminds me how inept we are at creations by our own hand. Nature leaves us pale by comparison.
Meet a man from California, United States. A Little About Me:
I’m a retired 67-year-old man who lives in the Santa Cruz mountains with two cats. Is the cup half empty or half full? I think the answer should be more about the contents and its quality, less about the container. Does it satisfy your thirst, warm your tummy, give you an “I’m OK, you’re OK” feeling? I’m OK with exchanging notes, and I think sitting across a table with you and a cup of coffee will tell us more about each other in five minutes than a week of back-and-forth email notes.
I’m a medical transcriptionist and technicaal writer, now retired, andcontinue to serve our community as a volunteer with the Santa Cruz Public Library.
I live in my own home in the mountains with a little clutter, most of which is almost in its place. I was a single parent, raising my son from age 5 and my daughter from age 14, while working at IBM and commuting five days a week over Hwy 17. After that, I enjoyed a second career for ten years as a medical transcriptionist at Dominican Hospital.
Who I am hoping to find:
For now, a companion, a pal, a friend ... someone to walk with while exercising, to enjoy a movie, or dinner, or breakfast at our favorite restaurant. Almost any activity is much more enjoyable when shared with a friend.
My "perfect match" should be able to listen carefully, so that she can appreciate subtle hints of humor as our talks together progress. She appreciates the brevity of my written word, preferring to have a direct experience of our spoken words together. I have had previous experiences with online-type dating services and found myself putting way too much energy into exchanging volumes of text, only to discover a mismatch at the first meeting. If this sounds like something you can relate to, we can spend our first meeting together talking and let our eyes do the real communicating.
I’d just like to add:
I walk in the morning at Henry Cowell Redwoods Park, preferring the road next to the meadow, where the deer and coyotes play. I am Northern European (i.e. Irish, German, and Scottish) and, as family legend would have it, a little Native American (i.e. Algonquin, a New England clan).
Five years into my second career, I decided to renew my interest in stamp collecting, so I’d have something to do during all the “quiet time” I expected to have upon retirement. The retirement arrived four years ago; the “quiet time” has not yet settled in. Building my stamp collection proceeds somewhat slower than my ability to gather new stamps for it.
Date a soulmate from United States. I had a rather normal upbringing: Father, an attorney; Mother, a school teacher; one brother, from another planet. At 18, I had a life-changing experience from bumming around the world alone for six months when fresh out of high school. College years in San Francisco, with a year abroad in Vienna; MA in English, and taught English at the University of Hawaii -- mainly poetry from a higher consciousness perspective. Left teaching to write. Before coming to Santa Cruz mountains, lived in Mt. Shasta where I had a number of spiritual experiences that imbued through the veil to influence the direction in my writing. I also enjoy reading the tea-leaves in dreamwork, which has been a wonderful spiritual tool for me. I love living in the Santa Cruz area, where I enjoy the ocean, mountains, hiking, tennis, Tahoe snow skiing, movies, dancing, dining out, festivals, and good conversation. I am in a dream-analysis group, a spiritually-oriented group, sea-kayak club, tennis club, and an investment group. I am both an introvert and an extrovert with a zest for both. I enjoy attuning to the ocean's sensuous rise and fall while in my 17-ft sea kayak. It's the meditation of it that I'm into the most: to feel so comfortable and relaxed on the water, with my chi-center near the breathing of the ocean, while gliding easily through the teeming seascape all around me. ...Not a prerequisite, but how wonderful to share such a marvel with someone special!My dream partner would be an attractive (in her own way), feminine, and inspiring woman with few flowers missing in her bouquet (remember...this IS a fantasy). She would have mostly resolved the inevitable wounds from childhood and past relationships. Natively, she would abide in both wisdom and sensuality, though in spirit she would be vivacious, joyful and radiant, and possess about her a certain savoir faire. Having a passionate nature, she, too, would be seeking more magic in the moonlight, for she would know that to be the blessing of a great relationship.
Meet a man from California, United States. Fulltime dedication to reading Fiction, Poetry and Non-fiction (Biology, Physics, Histoyr esp. California & the West, Nature), plus lotsa LitCrit & Book Reviews.
Selected Cable TV: Comedy Central (Jon & Stephen), Rachel et al on MSNBC, PBC, plus Olympics, World Cup, even NBA/NFL Playoffs.
Western travel, often by Motorcycle; National & State Parks, camping and hiking.
Still competing in Masters Track & Field, with workouts and practice taking up lotsa time.
It'd be nice to share a reasonable portion of the above with a kindred spirit who's similarly active and engaged and believes there's some hope for this floundering planet.
Date a man from California, United States. I have had a quiet life, love the mountains, practice vegan diet, like tv, reading, gardening, and exploring new ideas. Don't know what I am looking for: a sympathetic partner or new friend?
I live in a house I build in the redwoods surrounded by gardens and towering trees and wildlife. I like natural, organic, authentic. I am a news junkie, with radical progressive politics, but also enjoy movies and comedy. Retired but work part time. . My generation: 60's radicals Committed parent and grandfather. Every moment of life is precious. Love nature, creativity, solitude, friendship. My philosophy is that all life is precious and do no harm.
I am looking for a vegetarian or vegan to share meals, develop friendship. Also, I have a degree in ceramics (MFA) and would like to share art interests.
I am mostly a home body, do like to watch the tv (news, movies, comedy, documentaries), but would like a friend to explore new places.
My politics is pacifist but radical. I participated in anti-war and civil rights in an earlier era. The 60's pretty much defined my outlook and path in life.
My reading is mostly history and politics and novels.
I have had struggles, defeats, and triumphs in life. For now, I am just thrilled to be alive.