LadyJexie's profile

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Relationship

Interested in meeting people for friendship

Hometown

Yonkers, New York

Places I've been

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

 

 

Activities

My Interests: the environment, animals, philosophy, Secular Humanism, behaviorism, watching TED videos, 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, 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*, Unaccustomed Earth, A Fine Balance, Sophie's World, A Year with Rumi, The Maxims of Noah: Derived... Angela's Ashes, The Crying Tree, The Heretic's Daughter, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, House of Sand and Fog, East of Eden, Cry, the Beloved Country, Water for Elephants, Fall on Your Knees, Atlas Shrugged, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Last Whale, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures, Blackbird House, The Probable Future, Butterfly

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) -- And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. (Martin Niemoeller) --Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. (Voltaire} ...

Favorite People

Generally: humanitarians, philanthropists, people who follow their passion, the thinkers ..... Specifically: My asset-to-the-human-race offspring, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Jane Goodall, Kofi Annan, Muhammad Yunus, Aung San Suu Kyi, John Francis, Queen Rania, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, Dan Dennet, Al Gore, Thomas Friedman, Christopher Hitchens, Gail Collins, Anderson Cooper, Oprah

Favorite Places

Places I wish I had seen: New Zealand, Wales, Scottish Highlands, 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, squirrels, dolphins, whales, white-tail deer, wild horses, the jungle kingdom (especially my cousins: the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans)

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