Grounded, passionate, loyal, kind and curious, living a life inspired by love & connection, earth & outdoors, movement & magic, community & reciprocity and justice & collective liberation. I am also spunky, outgoing, playful, politically progressive, and both creative and pragmatic/organized.

This can look like working on land with dear ones, solo hiking to sleep out under the stars, facilitating new moon gatherings and workshops, collaborating on political actions, dancing, crying, singing, sharing improvisational music, quiet with the earth, ritual, swimming, cycling, drawing & watercolor, letter writing, wild foraging, tending plants & veggies, reading, cooking, meditating, practicing qigong & yoga. I delight in sharing touch and massage and exploration.

In addition to much joy, I also take time to be in and move through harder feelings and situations, and hold space for others to do so. The heart does not judge.

Some more depth on the multiple choice questions: My Jewish heritage is also important, though not the primary way that I identify spiritually. I live with great minimalism, choosing few possessions and sleeping out under the stars most days, though selecting "deep green" felt a bit cheesier/more earnest than my approach. I _very_ rarely drink and occasionally smoke/consume cannabis, which has been a slow and recent exploration. Also, 'straight' is the closest match because of my primary attraction to cis-men, though heteroflexible/queerness is something which I also value and with which I identify. Similarly, I benefit from white-privilege, though don't know all that much about my ancestry. I was vegan/plant-based/macrobiotic for over thirty years, though now eat a fair amount of meat as part of eating from the land where we live. My hair is mostly dark brown, but with lots of sun highlights and some silver is starting to emerge in front!

~You seek mutual growth, pleasure, conversation, outdoor adventure, and exploration.
~You would like to share cuddles and see where it goes from there.
~You think we would be good outdoor adventurers together. *I would love to camp/hike/explore with you, as this is an area where my partner and I don't have as much overlap. My partner is my main squeeze, and I also like side squeezes ;) He can be open to sharing some squeeze together, too :)

I live in gratitude for this wild ride we're granted, seeking to love and serve all beings. And, my undergraduate degree in cognitive neuroscience is still a framework with which I interact with life, too. After years as a community organizer and over a decade of teaching Spanish in the Boston Public Schools, I have retired and am devoting myself to community - being nourished by and supporting barefoot, sun-loving, humanure-producing, off-grid, connected, joyous, prayerful life! Permaculture, building alternative systems, and resilience through relationships. For four years I lived in seasonal transition in AZ, CA, OR and MA, and I am so very happy to be deeply invested with the land, my partner, the larger Puna community, and a loving, food-growing off-grid permaculture community since January 2023!

I have training-in and am ever-learning in the modalities of YogaDance, JourneyDance, Reiki, Thai Yoga Massage, and Somatic Body (500 hr certification related to BodyMindCentering). I studied macrobiotics and Five Elements for three summers while work-trading as a gardener at the Kushi Center for Macrobiotics and Natural Healing, and continue to practice. I also believe that ecstatic dance, spontaneous song, and peer-listening/holding space as a loving witness for others can offer deep joy and healing!

I love reading - for the learning and amusement and perspective. The works of Peace Pilgrim, Starhawk, Octavia Butler, Audre Lorde, Parker Palmer have had particular influence on me and my life.