I am a keen amateur photographer, guided more by intuition than technology. I enjoy cooking and am quite good at it. I have a family and a career, and at the same time I value — and, to be honest, desire — deep encounters with new people. I’m sometimes painfully aware that I lack meaningful friendships. Some have been lost over time through relocation and lack of time; now, in midlife, new ones are harder to form — and cannot be forced. It would be wonderful to share a creative passion, to smile together, and to inspire one another creatively, culturally, and intellectually.