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Author and educator, work for a major massage and skin care supply company, travel 6-8 times a year for work.

Music is my passion and my stress relief. I sing, play guitar, piano, and harmonica in a band, and play a few other things I don't play in public, and write music. I've been playing in one band or another since I was a teenager. I play in restaurants, clubs, and bars, including biker bars a couple of times a month. You don't have to sit there and be unsociable...I don't mind at all if you get up and dance while I'm playing.

My husband died over a year ago. We were together 25 years. We had a very wonderful relationship that I don't regret one minute of. I know that he wouldn't want me to wither and die. I am not seeking to get married again, but I would appreciate getting to know a man with intelligence, integrity, kindness, and a sense of humor...all qualities that he possessed. He was a carpenter and a biker...I like Harleys and would be pleased to meet another biker.

I am not into camping...the days when I want to sleep on the ground are over. I do love a good bonfire and might serenade you around the fire, but I'm going inside when the fire goes out, not in a sleeping bag! However, I don't intend to interfere with YOUR hobbies so if that includes camping, I am perfectly capable of occupying myself while you're laid out in the woods with spiders and snakes! If you have a camper or a motor home, I can definitely cook over the campfire.

I can get along with most people, but I hate arrogance, bigotry, and prejudice in all forms. My politics are liberal but I am unaffiliated and vote for the person, not the party.

In my first career, I was in the restaurant business as a chef and owner for over 20 years, and I'm an excellent cook. I like to have friends and family over to dinner.

I like to take the roads less traveled. I don't care for big cities...I don't mind visiting one occasionally but I prefer the country and small town living.

I'd like to meet somebody who likes live music, bikes, and dogs. I wouldn't get into a relationship with anyone that I did not like as a person and friend first. I can PROMISE you hooking up on a first date is NOT going to happen. If you're just looking for that, keep looking.

I'm independent. I do not need a man to support me financially, nor do I intend to support one. I need male companionship, a nice ride through the mountains, someone to have dinner and conversation with, and see where that goes. Best of luck in your search!

Virgo

Big And Beautiful

5' 5 (1.65 m)

Hazel

Caucasian

Widowed

No

No

Smile

Pierced... But Only Ear(s), Visible Tattoo

Silver

Dog

No

Some Romance

No

Hobby

No

Plain Clothes

Blue Ridge Parkway, country roads

Christmas toy runs, biker benefits

University Degree

Full-time

Administrative / Management

Massage Division Director, Author

Alone, With Pet(s)

Friends Come Over Occasionally

Yes - Trying To Quit

Yes - One Or Two

Nerd

Friendly, Outgoing

Family, Dining, Exercising, Reading, Learning, Music, Internet, Travel, Cooking, Volunteering, Computers

Hanging Out With Friends, Staying At Home, Going To A Concert, Going To A Museum

Whale watching in Alaska. I've been to Alaska, but I missed the whales.

Friendly

Spiritual But Not Religious

On Holidays

Liberal

I'm doing it. I enjoy my work, which involves travel, and playing in a band, several gigs a month. I want to enjoy the ordinary...we don't have the next breath guaranteed.

Dry / Sarcastic

Documentaries, Dramas, Re-runs

Drama, Horror

Country, Rock, Metal, Pop, Classical, Blues, New age, Ambient, Soul, Folk

News, Anthology, Auto-biography, Biography, Classic, Fiction, Health, History, Humor, Mystery, Philosophy, Political, Science, I'm An Author

Spending time talking, or comfortable silence with someone I really enjoy being around. Playing music with my friends. Cooking for friends and family. Riding through the mountains. Finding some hole in the wall to eat dinner. Guinness and single malt whiskey.

Wit, Sensitivity, Empathy, Humor, Thoughtfullness, Intelligence

Kindness, integrity, truthfulness, compassion, a man who is clean, affectionate, not controlling, not lazy, doesn't live at home with his parents, isn't a hoarder or a slob, has a driver's license, doesn't party to the point of sloppy drunkeness, never gets on the bike drunk, supports his children if he has any, just an upstanding person with good character. Someone who will get to know me before trying to jump my bones. I am not a one-night stand kind of person. I am not looking to get married again but I will not be one of many. I have a very healthy dose of self-respect.

Friend, Date, Intimate, Committed