Date men from United States / California / La Jolla, 74 year old

Date someone special from La Jolla, United States. My photos are all current (2012).
I am tall, friendly, and I find it easy to smile at everyone who crosses my path. My smile is especially meant for one special woman whom I have not yet met but hope to meet soon. And I hope that she turns out to be someone who is sweet and kind with a good attitude about life, someone with whom I can share my life.
I am looking for a committed, loving relationship that is based on qualities like sincerity, patience, humility, courtesy, good humor, loyalty, and honesty. Only a relationship that includes these qualities can endure. And I want my life with her to endure. I hope that my significant other has a good relationship with her family as I do with mine. Family is very important to me.
I like to write short novels that I self-publish on the Internet. And I have taken an oil painting class. Since I have a creative nature, my match might also be creative in her own way or enjoy various forms of artistic expression.
I have taken singing lessons, piano lessons, and ballroom dance lessons. I also enjoy slow dancing if that is what you are more comfortable with. I think of dancing as a perfect metaphor for the way it should be in a relationship: two people moving as one. If you do not know how to do ballroom dancing, I could show you some steps if you wanted to learn. I will be very patient with you.
Self-improvement is very important to me. Every day I try to become a better version of myself. It has been said that life is not a holiday but an education, and the one eternal lesson that we all must learn is how better we can love.
I like short trips, including cruises to Mexico and trips to Las Vegas (I don't gamble but I enjoy the shows), and I sincerely desire to be traveling with the one I love.
I have travelled throughout Europe, Africa, and the Middle East while working for the U.S. State Department, I have worked for the Voice of America in Washington, D.C., and I have been a reporter for The Christian Science Monitor in Boston. I have also owned and operated a retail business. Now I am semi-retired and I own and invest in commercial real estate.
I am interested in learning new things and would be happy to join you in doing the things that are of interest to you. What is important is that we join our lives in a tender and loving way and see what life has to offer us as a committed couple.

Meet a soulmate from La Jolla, United States. I have been divorced flor 7 years and have a reasonably amicable relationship with my (former) spouse after 44 years of marriage. Children are grown, married with professional educations. I am retired and in excellent health - one sick day in past 40 years- and enjoy outdoor (and indoor) activities ..
I am looking for an attractive, reasonably independent lady with a strong sense of humor and adventure - one who enjoys travel and variety, one who can initiate ideas and activities, is physicially healthy and enjoys both some athletic activities and a stable domestic life. Physical attraction and a mutual ability to positively communicate are important. I would hope that our interests would be mutually benefical and compatable. .