My name is Joanne. I'm a historian, a European in the US, Catholic, an old soul. I seek meaningful conversations and deep friendships. I tend to romanticise my life and look for beauty everywhere - including in the mundane. Some of the things I like: cloudy days, Art Deco, coffee, dahlias, Old Hollywood, antique stores, hazelnuts, mountains, Tolkien, handwritten letters, poetry, Chesterton, gardening, love songs, hiking, slow living, functional medicine.