Date women from United States / California / Pleasant Hill, 70 year old

Date someone special from Pleasant Hill, United States. A woman who is very happy in her own back yard seeks companionship with a neighbor (within 15 miles of home) who is smart, informed, and evolved. Companionship is key and shared laughter, thoughts, ideas, experiences, the values I hold dear are all vital parts of that.
Four years in the School of Art, College of Fine Arts of Syracuse University had a profound influence on me. It made of me a great appreciator of good design.
As a transplanted Easterner, I love to explore the Bay Area and beyond via driving or train travel so as much as possible can be seen.
A reader, news "junkie", "word-a-holic", gardener, potter - I am also a confirmed skeptic. If any of the above sounds like a fit with you, I'd love to hear from you.