Moseyer's profile

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Relationship

Interested in meeting people for friendship

Hometown

South Portland, Maine

Places I've been

Lived in: Brunswick, Bath, Freeport, South Portland, West Newfield, Windham, Yarmouth, currently in Portland--all in Maine; Tipton, TN; Haverhill, MA; Raymond, NH; Gainesville, FL. I visited Washington State in 1977, by Greyhound bus across northern tier states. (Don't care for buses much anymore!)

Education

• South Portland High School, College Course - 1963 to 1967
• University of Southern Maine, English Literature - 1988 to 1991
• University of Florida, 18th Century British Lit. - 1992 to 1996

More about me

I'm a native Mainer, medically retired, mother of a beautiful 30-something young woman and adoring grandmother to an amazing 5-year old girl.

I worked in banking, accounting, office management positions from high school graduation (1967) until I burned out on numbers in the mid-80s. I returned to college where I fell in love with English literature, receiving my B.A. in '91.  In '92 I started graduate work at the University of Florida in Gainesville where my specialty area was 18th-century British women novelists. I never worked so hard in my life and I never loved what I was doing so completely.

A laundry list of auto-immune disorders began to appear in 1994 and almost overnight I lost school and all the dreams and the future it promised. I managed to hang in and finish my M.A. portion of the program--by sheer force of will and the help of several caring and compassionate friends and members of the UF English Dept. faculty.

I moved home to Maine at the end of 1996 to start another leg of the journey. The physical challenges of rheumatoid arthritis and several other interesting auto-immune syndromes have drastically altered my way of life. I've become a Moseyer who appreciates the slower-lanes of life.

I value the spending of time and giving of self over spending money and giving material things today.  As hard as reality can be, I deeply believe that the ugliest truth is far better than the prettiest lie.  I've learned that whatever psychic-wounds I choose not to acknowledge and heal will continue to harm all those whose lives I touch.  And touching other lives in positive ways has become the most meaningful purpose of this earthly journey for me. 

Activities

Granddaughter time, friend time, reading, walks, museums, music, genealogy, meditation

Favorite Charities

Heifer International, Oxfam America, The Elephant Sanctuary, ASPCA

Favorite Music

Classical (especially baroque), eclectic

Favorite TV Shows

Masterpiece Theatre, various PBS shows, Gator sports games, Law & Order, British comedies

Favorite Movies

Pride & Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Illusionist

Favorite Books

Jane Austen, 18th century classics, Valerie Anand, Harlan Coben, Peter Robinson, John Sandford, British history, archaeology, general linguistics, dictionaries

Favorite Quotes

"Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment." Anon. "The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms. . ." - George Santayana

Favorite People

My granddaughter and all who are emotionally generous and open-hearted

Favorite Places

Downeast Maine; maritime provinces; a friend's kitchen table

Favorite Animals

All of them

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