Will get this photo updated--am now 30 lbs lighter & my hair's long. I live a rural life (though I work in the city). Enjoy the outdoors, a good movie, fireplaces, woodheat, forests & fields, snow, clear streams & mountain air. I read a lot, take courses, always have another pair of socks on the knitting needles. Love good music, country dancing, food & laughter with family & friends. Enjoy cooking, baking & preserving food. I make butter & cheese. keep a garden & chickens. Am currently learning to cure/smoke bacon. Am a trained couturier, I spin and weave and can sew anything. Can handle power tools, do construction, am a silversmith. Have a dog and a horse, like to trail ride and drive (carriages). Like to drive my car & truck too.

Here in NJ, I'm active in 2nd Amendment/outdoors issues & serve as an officer in our state sportsmens' Federation. I'm Life NRA, a Certified Firearms Instructor. I hunt wild turkey.

If we have something in common, drop me a line.