Relationship
In a serious relationship. Interested in meeting people for friendship
Hometown
Yonkers, New York
Places I've been
Spent childhood summer vacations in Wingdale/Dover Plains, NY. Favorite vacation: following the Atlantic coastline to Maine - in October.
Education
  • - 1967 to 1971
More about me

Eating Style: Flexitarian

Political affiliation: somewhat left of center

Spirituality: childhood Catholic -> agnostic  -> truthseeker; interested in learning more about eastern religions, philosophy, Secular Humanism

 

All credibility, all good conscience,all evidence of truth
come only from the senses. - Friedrich Nietzsche
 

The whole problem with the world is
that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves,
and wiser people so full of doubts. - Bertrand Russell


There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies.
My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
- Dalai Lama

 

 

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..... LIBRA

Activities
My Interests: the environment, animals, philosophy, Secular Humanism, behaviorism, learning about other cultures, logic problems, carousels, virtual travel, walking
Favorite Charities
The Wilderness Society, Greenpeace, World Wildlife, Native American, and Grace Smith House for Battered Women
Favorite Music
André Rieu, Kris Kristofferson, Nana Mouskouri, Leon Redbone, C. Frogman Henry, Kenny G, Loreena McKennitt, Enya, Celtic Woman, Sly, Credence, Dylan, Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, John Denver, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Burl Ives, Roger Whittaker, Nat King Cole, Neil Diamond, Dean Martin
Favorite TV Shows
NCIS, The Unit, Cold Case, Mad Men, Damages, House, George Stephanopoulos, PBS ------- The District, Northern Exposure, The Equalizer, Homicide:Life on the Streets, Burkes Law, Kojak
Favorite Movies
Dr.Zhivago, Inherit the Wind, 12 Angry Men, Remember the Titans, The Paper Chase, Ghandi, Roots, To Kill a Mockingbird, Network, The Earthling, Children of a Lesser God, Right of Way, The Hours, Cider House Rules, The Paper Chase, Gentlemans Agreement, Snow Falling on Cedars, A Beautiful Mind, Prince of Tides, The Boys from Brazil, Holocaust, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, One True Thing
Favorite Books
* The God of Small Things*, Inheritance of Loss, A Fine Balance, Sophie's World, A Year with Rumi, The Maxims of Noah: Derived... Angela's Ashes, Shamanic Wisdom, The Fountainhead, House of Sand and Fog, East of Eden, Cry, the Beloved Country, Fall on Your Knees, Atlas Shrugged, To Kill a Mockingbird, Life of Pi, Unaccustomed Earth, The Last Whale, The Poet, Butterfly, The Perfect Husband
Favorite Quotes
Until he extends the circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.. (Albert Schweitzer) . ... There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America. There’s the United States of America. ( Barack Obama) .. We shall never cease from exploration -- And the end of all our exploring -- Will be to arrive where we started -- And know the place for the first time (T. S. Eliot) ..
Favorite People
Generally: humanitarians, philanthropists, people who follow their passion, the thinkers ..... Specifically: My asset-to-the-human-race offspring, Wayne, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Jane Goodall, Martin Luther King, Kofi Annan, Muhammad Yunus, Aung San Suu Kyi, John Francis, Queen Rania, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, Thomas Friedman, Anderson Cooper, Oprah
Favorite Places
Places I wish I had seen: New Zealand, Wales, English Lake District, Canadian Rockies, Tibet, Thailand, South Africa, Dubai, the Netherlands, Austria, The Ozarks, Colorado, Savannah, Lancaster
Favorite Animals
my three canine fur people, grand-pups, kiwis, chick-a-dees, hawks, dolphins, whales, white-tail deer, wild horses, the jungle kingdom (especially my cousins: the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans)