I'm still working full time. When not at work, I enjoy reading, hiking, gardening, making music, writing, cooking. I like to study food history and also food preservation as well as other traditional skills and crafts. I'm in the early phases of learning watercolor, amateur radio, and mathematics. I have also enjoyed needlework, astronomy, and collecting 19th century children's literature. My travels have been mostly in my own country (with a few side trips to adjacent lands) and I am eager to correspond with women from other places.