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onewomanink

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Name: Ar

Birthday: December 31

Gender: Female

Status: Single

Location:
FORT COLLINS, Colorado
United States

School:
Birmingham High School, Van Nuys CA
Los Angeles Valley College
Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO

Work:
Retired and writing full-time
once an emergency services dispatcher
once a school bus dispatcher
once a Property Manager of zillions of rental units in Los Angeles
once a sports photographer

Hometown(s):
Born in Encino CA
lived in Canoga Park
North Hollywood
Westwood Village
Beverly Hills
West Los Angeles
and Santa Monica CA, all before moving to Fort Collins CO in 1994

Quote:
When I'm bored, it's like I'm giving life the finger

About Me

I am a serious writer and poet, who has trouble actually getting a lot of work on paper due to my ongoing health issues, most significant of which is excrutiating pain 24/7/365. But, I'm also a fun, happy, and caring person looking to find a male partner to share the later years of my life with. Hopefully, through my writing associations and activities, I will run into someone who shares my sensibilites and wants to do the same with me

Interests:

I used to be a great athlete, with track (sprints) and modern dance as my strong areas as a youth, later I taught aerobics and was a body-builder until I destroyed tendons in my left arm; 120 lb. women probably shouldn't do bicep curls with 90 lbs. until they're ready-but I regularly did. As an old lady of 50+ now, my hobbies are more artistic; I am a writer and poet, a painter, sketcher, photographer, and lately very much into collage, and collage journaling. (Ask me about this last one if you'd like.) I was an emotional-support worker for people with AIDS and their loved ones for over 16 yrs., and have only stopped because there is not a high demand in my current city. My life is not complete when I am not volunteering, especially for the AIDS community that is so close to my heart, and I hope to move back to a larger city so that I can resume this much needed work, and add collage journaling and writing to my list of tools for doing it. I am partially disabled (I walk with a cane) so my sports now are walking and exercising in the pool. I don't miss running any longer, but I would give anything to lift weights again. My "old-ladies," my two 12 year-old cats, Sweetpea and Taylor, are very important to me and I work hard to keep them young and enjoying life with me. I am also deeply passionate about my Service Dog partner, Gryphon, a handsome and amazing tri-color, Smooth-Coated Collie who's saved my life more than a few times. He is the most unusual animal and loved immediately by all who meet him. I work him hard and he loves the job. I cannot imagine life without him

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