zen2

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67, Female

Located in Homestead, FL

Member since Aug 31, 2007

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    Wellesley, Ma (Hometown), Costa Rica, Bahama Islands, Jamaica, Canada. Would like to live in Nova Scotia if it wasn't so cold in winter. My entire family is from the Canadian Maritimes. Love Maine and spent a lot of time there as a kid and teenager. Love Florida but not the Hurricanes..

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    About me

     I came to Buddhism around 1961 after having been an agnostic since  around 11 years old. I began reading the existentialists and then began reading Eastern philosophy in my late teens when I disovered a strong affinity to Zen, in particular, from reading the Beats.  And so began my slow, off and on journey into Buddhist thought.

    I've also studied Hinduism and can relate because Buddhism grew out of this. I particularly have a strong affection for Sathya Sai Baba and through his mental gifts to me, I began understanding the 'one consciousness'.  Many Deep Gashos to Baba.

    I've worked as a drug counselor until I got burnout syndrome..and then decided to drive a cab in Miami and that's how I met my husband.

     Before moving to Homestead and retiring  my husband and I owned a taxi and limo company and drove for many years in Miami.

    We lived on the Island of Key Biscayne which was a sleepy village when we moved there. Now, it's home to many mansions, high-rise condo enclaves and it was time, after 22 years, to leave and so we find ourselves in Homestead.

    I love living where, in 15 minutes, I can be in the Everglades. Where, in 2 minutes, I can be out in the vegetable fields.  The Homestead area provides around 1/3 of the nation's winter vegetables, tropical fruit and more not to mention all the tree farms around here, and flower nurseries.  Love seeing the trucks loaded with tomatoes, beans or squash driving down the main streets through town, and I love Homestead Air Reserve Base because the F16's and 18's fly over our house on their way back home a few miles to the northeast of us.  Can't help it...I love fighter planes...wish I could fly one.

    I never considered myself as an administrator but I guess that's what happened after retirement. :-)   Even though I wanted to kick back and focus on making art when we moved here, I find myself involved in decision making  of two local non-profit organizations.  I think I have to be grateful for this opportunity to keep exercising the brain. The phrase "Use it or lose it" applies here. 

     Vice President of a local art club and gallery and Chairman of a lecture series where, along with 6 others, we plan different lectures of cultural interest given 9 times every year. 

    Member of the International Zen Center

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    Planes, not birds...
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    I went out to some of the tree fields this morning, looking for birds but instead, birds of a differe More

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    Questions & Answers

    Do you own a cell phone? If yes, how long have you owned one?

    4+ years

    If you were a contestant on Jeopardy what would be your dream trivia category?

    Never watched it... Let me just say here that these questions are leading and not very thought expanding...Picnic Food? I hate picnics...It's too darn hot here for that..(How many animals do you have? Who's your favorite scientist, politician?)

    Who are your heroes?

    My brother, a Vietnam vet. Buddha, of course, The 6th Patriarch Hui Neng, Trungpa Rinpoche, Toni Packer. Lots of others. Ron Paul, Sen. George Mitchell.....

    What is the most important reason for dating?

    Free meals

    What is your favorite family dinner?

    Chicken and dumplings with onion, potatoes and carrots, celery, herbs du provence,fresh black pepper, slow cooked. My new favorite comfort food.

    What is your marital status?

    Married

    What kind of trip would you love to take in Italy?

    Rent an Italian villa with my friends and/or family

    What would you buy if money wasn't an object?

    Second home

    Who is the most interesting person you have ever met?

    Ah, so many..and no one in particular. I love mathematicians...probably because I'm not one.

    Now that you are over 50, what are you doing that you never thought you would?

    Who knew I'd make it to 50? Everything. It's amazing.

    Men look most attractive in:

    Jeans & T-shirt

    What is your dream vacation?

    A month along the coast of Maine; A month at a northern New Hampshire Lake; A month in Cape Breton Island. An eating trip to Provence, Greece and southern Italy but at different times.

    What organizations do you belong to?

    Board member of a local Center for the Arts. VP of a local Art Club. Member, International Zen Institute, Friends of the Everglades

    Where were you born?

    In a small town outside Paris, called Wellesley, Ma. :-)

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      • • You're a swell dame, that's what I say!
      Hugs, Mae
      ~ ~ come up and see Mae onstage in NYC July 19th ~ ~

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    • thank you. it is not my photo and i will try to go back an look for credit. i think it was from National Geographic. She/He looks like they are in thought, which is where i am. thinkofyoudaily.msm

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    • Looking back at the bird and her eyes she is showing such patience that she must be a woman/mother/enlightenedman to put up with you showing her to us. But I know from that proud breast flows the love of birth as in baking bread. Thank you. for the reminder.

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