Mgoodkind, 81

Looking for a friend I am a divorced, semi-retired professional photographer who actually LIKES real women. Although I have extensive experience in many different styles of photography, my focus now is capturing the ------- beauty of the over 40 woman. I have recently returned to college to gather new skills, especially those that will enable me to photograph a woman as she really is, and then make all the things she doesn’t like soften away. I am that kind of man as well, warm, fair, loving and gentle. Some folks say I'm funny, some folks say I'm sensitive, some say I’m nice and fun to be around, you be the judge. I like real women who have a need, as I do, to talk and communicate in all ways, to be close and playful, should that be what we are about. I have been successful as a photographer, lived the fun, high life in New York City, Hawaii, and Los Angeles, traveled the world more than once, and now reside in a cottage two blocks from the beach in Pismo. I am politically liberal, non-religious and I prefer to surround myself with smart, opinionated people, hopefully people I can learn from. I am a non-smoker, 5'9", 180, positive in outlook, and prefer drama in the theater or movies, not in life its' own self. I'm looking for a lady with like values, smart, who can converse intelligently, likes male companionship, is adventurous, and has a positive attitude about life. I like to cook, go wine tasting, car rides up the coast, a challenging game of Scrabble, a quiet evening at home, photographic journeys, watching a lightning storm, dreaming of making love on the powder fine white beaches surrounding the lagoon in Bora Bora, all the good things life has to offer. I intensely dislike broccoli, dishonest people, b/s in general. I am an old-school kind of guy who loves the clear gender divide and everything about women. I require honesty in a friendship (and whatever that may carry with it), and a healthy regard for our planet and the people and animals we share it with.