Hi...Retired professional. Intelligent, inquisitive, musical, always learning. Political junkie, news but not active in politics. I'm a romantic, a ***er for well-crafted song lyrics that seem like the composer has been reading my mind or my email. Happy balcony gardener for the table. Solitary by nature but there is definitely room for the right woman in my life. I am comfortable in most social situations but I don't seek them out. I don't do "go along to get along" very well at all. I'm comfortable with who I am and where I am in life; a very simplified lifestyle that respects our environment and I try to live my part of protecting it. Slow to open, slower to trust but then bedrock loyal. I'm respectful and sensitive to feelings (yours and mine). Don't like emotional games; must be direct and up front. I'm in excellent health, fit and moderately active. I don't need and I'm not looking for a volunteer geriatric nurse :) Start with friendly online, "get to know each other" chat and then see where it goes.