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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 69, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Grass fed beef ranching/direct marketing. Organic tomato ...
  • College grad-Mechanical Engineering
  • From Minneapolis area
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live an independent life

ABOUT ME

Articulate, eccentric, irreverent, open-minded, considerate, thoughtful

PHILOSOPHY

For the contrast between pain and pleasure, effort and rest. Joy in motion.

Interests

bicycling , sailing, canoeing, reading, thinking, tinkering, cross-country skiing, ice skating.

  • theater
  • reading
  • canoeing
  • sailing
  • skiing

Music, Movies, and Books

"Independent People" by Halldor Laxness
"My Small Country Living" Jeanine McMullen
"Jupiter's Travels" Ted Simon

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Designed and built lapstrake wood sailboat. Acted in three community theater plays.

Teach, Learn, Share

Management intensive grazing practices: participate in the daily "move", observe pasture quality attributes, cattle behaviors.

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