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"Now retired but continuing to learn"

Bixby Knolls, CA, USA
female, age 66
single
Speaks: Sign Language (Other), english
Joined Aug 19, 2007
What I Want to Do: SPREAD DIVERSITY, promote peace and exist in peace, Make a difference anyway that I can, Live and let others live, Give-share-help as much as possible, be myself, be healthier
Causes: GLBT, feminism, ageism, Zeitgeist, secular humanism, classical ballet, RAD, classical music, Separation of Church and State
Activities: Journal Keeping, swimming, walking, prayer, dance, Books - Collecting, writing, travel


 
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Joined Aug 19, 2007 Activist Aspirations undeclared 
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Groups Elephant Lovers, GLBT Rights, Habitat for Humanity, Healthy Cooking, Jane Goodall Institute: Race for the Primates, Mother Jones, Moveon.org, NARAL Pro-Choice America, NPR - National Public Radio, National Geographic, Susan G. Komen Foundation
Hometown San Francisco, CA 
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Birthday Nov 12, 1943  
Languages Sign Language (Other), english  
About Me A mix of contradictions: heavy but light-hearted; love cool weather and heated conversations; an ocean person but not a sun-bunny; love animals but alergic to most.
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Political Leaning Very Liberal
Religions Christian - Other, Christian - Episcopalian  
Eating Habits Still Love Chocolate Though!, Drink Loads Of Water, Aspiring healthy eater  
Wild Fact About Me I have 2 right elbows! (One is natural and the other is from the repair of a broken radius years ago.)
My Philosophy Live and let live.
What Gives Me Hope My faith, my friends, my health plan.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by Make it a national priority to see that business provides equal pay for equal work.
What/who changed my life and why The book(s) that changed my life were the adventure series by Enid Blyton because I learned that girls could be anybody they wanted to be.
The movie that changed by life was "The Shawshank Redemption" because I understood the values of hope and honesty for the first time.
The event that changed my life was attending the Women's Conference in Africa in 1985 because I'd never heard of what some young girls have to live through to grow up. The person who changed my life was Mrs. Jane Demeter because she mothered me when my own mother couldn't.
What Bugs Me abusive people, intolerance, hate, George Bush, any one that would hurt a woman  
Passions learning, broadening my horizons, writing, traveling, spirituality, god, books  
Inspirations understanding, peacemakers, good people, friends, blue skies, the sound of the ocean  
What Scares Me Religious Extremism, Losing the ones I love, illnesses, hate, cruel people, Disrespect for others, "Big Brother"  
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Role Models Jimmy Carter, Princess Diana, Rosa Parks, Oprah Winfrey, Martin Luther King Jr., Hillary Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt  
Quotation To paraphrase Robert Browning: People's reach should exceed their grasp or what's a heaven for?
Interests Travel/Adventure, Spirituality/Philosophy, psychology, music, meditation, history, internet, humor, computers  
Books Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing, poetry, the Bible, spirituality, Self improvement, psychology  
Music classical  
Movies titanic, The Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dances with Wolves, dirty dancing, American Beauty  
TV Shows NCIS, Law and Order, Grey's Anatomy, Discovery Channel  
Favorite Foods salmon, lobster, japanese, ice cream, fruit, chocolate  
Favorite Places San Francisco, New York, hawaii, england, beach  
Can't Live Without water, sleep, sex, money, laughter, god, friends, freedom, computer, chocolate, books, air  
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Nov 5, 2008 4:48 PM

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