Personal Info

I am very intelligent, self-confident, polished, 
diverse, funny, romantic, extremely generous, loving, 
affectionate, and kind. I am right-brained, left-
handed, and something of a Renaissance woman.  
I'm 43 (look about 30), have reddish-brown 
hair, milky-white skin and light green eyes. 
I weigh aprroximately 450 lbs.   
 
I am spiritual (reincarnation/karma)with strong 
interests in Buddhism, Shamanic journeying, 
and Native American spirituality. I am a Reiki Master. 
I'm Sagittarius, with a Virgo moon and Virgo rising. 
 
I am highly empathic, a child of the 60's, and have, 
I'm told, a beautiful voice.
 
I love movies (Amadeus, The Lion in Winter, Field of 
Dreams, Edward Scissorhands, Wings of Desire, 
Far Away--So Close, As Good as it Gets, Always, Ghost,
The Accidental Tourist,
Dead Poets Society, Reds, Dr. Strangelove, Broadcast 
News, Contact, Lost Horizon--the original version 
with Ronald Coleman--and all science fiction films), 
music (alternative - especially Tori Amos and Joan 
Osborne, rock, classical, some opera, and Celtic), 
the theatre, reading (Herman Hesse, Robert Heinlein,  
Isaac Asimov, Octavia Butler, classics), poetry, 
science fiction, Christmas, angels, bears, my daughter 
(20), my Persian cat, winter, nature, star-gazing, 
painting, writing, guitar, photography, learning, 
art, antiques, architecture, stained 
glass, acreage with trees, streams and views, 
snow-peaked mountains, crashing waves, scuba diving, 
UFO speculation, enigmas, computers, virtual reality, 
theoretical physics, gadgets, mind machines, 
chess (formerly USCF rated 2167), Ally McBeal, 
First Wave, The Visitor, Star Trek: Voyager/DS-9/TNG,
The Outer Limits, The Practice, ER, lingerie, 
dolphins, first-class international travel, the 
"state-of-the-art," competence, good food, gift 
giving and receiving, and making love to someone 
I'm in love with. 
 
Non-smoking, non-drinking, STD-free.  
 
Apple-shaped when seated--gravity makes me look more 
like a "reversed" pear-shape when standing, with all 
the weight in front--very Buddha-esque.  Very 
comfortable with my weight. Desirous of long-term 
relationship--not phone or casual sex.  
 
I was born in New York, raised in a beautiful 
setting in Northern New Jersey, and then moved 
to California when Iwas 14.  I have traveled 
extensively in Concord ;-))(and elsewhere), and 
lived in Monte Carlo, Monaco for almost a year, 
Atlanta, Georgia for four years, Daytona Beach, 
Florida for three, and Seattle, WA a total of eight.   
I lived in the Cape Town area of South Africa 
from July, 1997 to July 1998. I am currently 
living northwest of Seattle.
 
I come from a long line of writers.  My father was an 
Emmy-award-winning television comedy writer, and my 
grand-father wrote the third page editorial for 
William Randolph Hearst's Journal American.  My 
great-great-great grandfather was a "poetmeister" 
(poet master) in Germany. My mother was an advertising 
copywriter and teacher. I'm supposedly related to 
Robert Frost through my great Aunt Minnie and 
great-grandmother  Frost.  I am a good writer, 
who hopes to be a great one someday.
 
I have written two screenplays and have just 
completed a children's book and am seeking a publisher. I
am more than 3/4ths finished with a book of fiction
that I am collaborating on with a South African
writer, which I hope will be published within
the next year or so.  I have been a published author 
since 1976, and was Associate Editor of Probe  
magazine in Burbank, California. 
 
Additionally, I am a professional photographer whose 
work has been exhibited in several galleries.  
I was a tournament chess player for many years--
one of the top ten women players in the country--
and have been a member of 
MENSA since 1977.  I was the Secretary of the 
Washington State board of NAAFA (National Association 
to Advance Fat Acceptance), and a member of the 
Seattle National Organization of Women.
 
Overall, politically, I lean towards being a Democrat, 
but am registered as an "Independent," for that's 
what I truly am when it comes to thinking and 
decision-making of that calibre.