Relationship

Single. Interested in meeting men for dating and meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Hometown

Clarksburg, West Virginia

Places I've been

Traveled to about 20 states but have not been outside of the US except for Cananda.

Education

• Morris Harvey, Communication - 1975 to 1982

More about me

Hello, 

I am a lover of nature, dogs, reading, visual and performing art, and a “Zen” type of life. I love philosophical discussions.  I am partially interested in talking about how the female role in our society and religion has been intertwined. 

I am a 52-year-old divorced woman with two wonderful (of course) grown children; and a great mother and father who are who live several hours from me. I also have a very handsome, smart and adorable four-year-old grandson. (I am really not biased).   I have an interesting job in philanthropy.  Life is good; I do wish my family lived closer.

I am just now starting to think about my dreams and my future. I am still fairly new at being single with no children to live my life around.  So it is a new experience to have time to think about the possibilities awaiting me. 

I am basically a homebody, who enjoys new places and people but in small doses. I love joy and laughter.  I enjoy small things, the way sunlight can make tiny rainbows sometimes, the beauty of trees, the comfort of a nice warm bed........Big splashes are great but the everyday wonders are what I try to pluck out of every day.

 

     

 

Activities

walking and moderate hiking, visiting different museums and galleries, reading fiction and historical books

Favorite Charities

Several that deal with domestic abuse, several that deal with basic needs for our communites, Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society

Favorite Music

Any type with beautiful melodies and a ballad style.

Favorite TV Shows

I watch TV on a limited basis. I like most shows on HGTV, for humor, I sometimes watch Two and Half Men and Big Bang Theory.

Favorite Movies

I like the older 1940 and 1950 movies such as "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and To Kill a Mockingbird". Current Movies that I have watched at the theater " Mamma Mia" (the play was better)and "Sex and the City".

Favorite Books

I love to read, so to narrow this down would be difficult. I love works by Elizabeth Berg, Mary Alice Monroe, and Patricia Morsi. I just finished listening to "Tall Grass" by Sandra Dallas. I enjoy audiobooks in the car on the way back and forth to work and on trips. Some of the books that I keep on my book shelf are: Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, The Measure of Our Success by Marian Wright Elelman, The Dog with the Cold Nose, by James Dent, quite a few books regarding West Virginia History and some of my treasured childhood books.

Favorite Quotes

When asked " Do you think all any of us really want, deep down, is to be loved?" Garrison Keillor responded: "No, we want to be rich, to be admired, to eat like a horse and be skinny as a snake. To have small children ask for our autographs, to be on terrific medications that make us calm and witty and sexy. To sing Irving Berlin and Gerswin and Porter at the Oak Room and to be decribed in the Times as 'luminous'. But in the absence of all that, it's enough to be loved."

Favorite People

My favorite people are people who are real to me and who have made a contribution to the world I know; my parents, my boss, my friends....people that live each day the best they can and still find time to give of their heart to something beyond their own lives and self interests.

Favorite Places

I love the mountains with trails to walk and water to sit and reflect. I have traveled and I think my favorite places outside of West Virgina are the mountains of North Carolina and I enjoy San Fransico and New York City for short visits.

Favorite Animals

I enjoy all animals but I am a dog lover.

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