Ghostdancer's profile

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Relationship

Domestic partnership

Hometown

Tonasket, Washington

Places I've been

London, Paris, Firenze, Bergamo, Greve in Chianti, Sienna, San Gimignano, etc. San Francisco, New York, Miami, Hartford PA, Brattleboro VT, Rhode Island, Williamsburg VA, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Hague, Milano, Copenhagen, Minneapolis, Boise, Coeur d'Alene ID, Vancouver BC and US, Penticton, Kamloops, Shuswap lakes BC, Clagary, Lugano, Varenna Italy, Papeete Tahiti, Moorea. Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Diego

Military

• US Navy - 1959 to 1962
  Division: Hospital Corps
  Rank: Hospital Corpsman

More about me

I am a retired chef, former customer service rep for PacifiCare and Secure Horizons. I grew up on a cattle ranch near Tonasket, WA. I have lived in Molson WA, Spokane WA, Shelton WA, San Francisco CA, Sausalito CA, San Anselmo, CA, Fairfax CA and currently reside in Lake Oswego, OR though I would prefer Saint Paul de Vence.

I used to be a private pilot. I love to sail but have no boat anymore. I love to read. I write poetry with one poem accepted by the International Society of Poets. 

I collect old film cameras but recently acquired a 'new' Pentax ZX-7 with an AF 23-210mm lens.

I love Packard Motor Cars, having owned four them. I am now an amateur des Citroens. I now drive a 1988 CXA Citroen Prestige. A wonderful car that has hydropneumatic suspension, brakes and steering. It is one of the most comfortable cars you can ever ride in.

I love to cook and have been to Italy several times with my patrone Don Riccardo for food and wine tasting in northern Italy.

 

Activities

view link Collect cook books. Photography, collecting 35mm cameras, cooking, reading, surfing the net and boycotting any organization people who supported California's Prop 8 in order to fight hate and intolerance.

Favorite TV Shows

CSI in all of its off shoots, PBS Mystery

Favorite Movies

Casablanca, Diva, Ronin, Key Largo

Favorite Books

The Russell Quant mysteries by Anthony Bilduka. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey and Matruin series. CS Forester's Hornblower, Currently reading Maigrait par Georges Simenon series in the original.

Favorite Quotes

Maintain thy airspeed lest the Earth rise up and smite thee.

Favorite People

Barrack Obama, Gene Autry, Eugene Debs, Gus Hall

Favorite Places

Firenze Italia, Paris France, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Vancouver BC

Favorite Animals

Dogs, cats, horses, some homo sapiens

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