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Creative, funny, intuitive and thoughtful, I like authentic people and moments. I recently retired from a career as a hospice nurse. Now I paint and create some kind of art daily. I'm a practitioner of Vajrayana buddhism and it's important to me. Like everyone I have had happy times and heartbreaking times. I try and let everything that happens open my heart. I spend half the year with my family in the bay area and half back east in an off grid cabin in western Massachusetts. I like seeing art and see art in much of what I experience. I'm a nature girl at heart and love to star gaze, creek wade and admire a display of nocturnal fireflies. I aspire to spend more time at the ocean. I am equally comfortable in New York City as I am in the middle of nowhere. I am good at being present regardless of external circumstances. I listen before I talk (most ot the time.) I'm grounded and real yet also seek advice from the iching and the tarot. I trust emotional intelligence. I love the quote, ‘Magic happens when you remove the magician.’ |
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Basics
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My Sign:
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Scorpio |
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I speak:
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English |
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Occupation:
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retired |
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Education:
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Graduate Degree |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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5 8" (173 cm)
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Body Type:
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Average |
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Lifestyle
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I live with:
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Live alone |
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Have kids:
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No |
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Want (more) children:
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No |
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Willing To Relocate:
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Yes
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Diet:
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Vegetarian |
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Smoking:
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No |
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Drinking:
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No |
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Exercise:
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exercise regularly |
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How I spend my free time:
- Noticing everything. Slowing down. Paying attention. I paint, meditate, go for long meandering walks in the city and country, read fiction and poetry and have deep talks with the people I love.
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Caring, Creative, Funny
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When out with friends, I'm usually:
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Trying to be a good listener
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I'm happiest when:
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I’m laughing with a friend, walking in nature or working in the studio.
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The things that annoy me are:
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my ego mostly
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The best day of my life was when:
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I have had glimpses of freedom, creativity and liberation.
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If I could have dinner with any three people, they would be:
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patti smith
shakyamuni buddha
virginia woolf
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Cooking, Crafts, Gardening, Museums, Music (listening), Painting & Drawing, Photography, Politics, Reading, Theater, Volunteering, Writing
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Biking, Camping, Hiking/Backpacking, Swimming, Walking
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For fun I like to...
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Everything can be fun depending on the mood. I love spontaneity and laughter. good talks, sitting by the fire, star gazing and wading in the creek.
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My favorite music:
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many kinds from folk to opera
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My favorite books:
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Too many to list! I just finished Hamnet and loved it.
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Compassion, Generosity, Honesty
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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my friends and family
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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Happiness is unconditional confidence without doubt or insecurity.
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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Being a hospice nurse and becoming an artist. Taking refuge. Finding a buddhist teacher I have trust in.
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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Being here and now is most important
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Very liberal
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Spirituality
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Buddhist
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I consider my spirituality...
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The central focus of my life
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What brought me to my spiritual path and motivated my interest...
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my parents died when I was young. I think that sensitized me to spirituality. In my 20s, I became a hospice nurse and sat with many many people transitioning out of this life. My heart opened and led me to the Buddhist path.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Connecting to something greater than myself, Finding happiness and peace within, Helping me grow as a person
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After the body dies...
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The soul reincarnates until achieving Liberation
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I would define a spiritual experience as...
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non-meditation is the true meditation
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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nah
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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I’m a student of vajrayana buddhism so there are many books… I started by studying Pema Chodron and lived at Gampo Abbey.
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Woman (55 to 90)
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Ethnicity:
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Any
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Height:
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4' 6" to 6' 6" (137cm to 198cm)
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Body Type:
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Any
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Hair Color:
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Any
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She should speak:
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English
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Education:
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Doesn't Matter
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Annual Income:
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Doesn't Matter
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Smoking:
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No
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Drinking:
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Doesn't Matter
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Vegetarian:
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Doesn't Matter
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Has children:
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Doesn't Matter
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Wants children:
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No
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Personality:
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Creative, Playful, Intelligent
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When out with friends, she would be...
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Trying to be a good listener
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Any
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She would consider her faith or spirituality...
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The central focus of her life, Very important, Pretty important
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