OK I give up. I've had enough e-mails on the side
Age: 55
Conceived: during V-E celebrations
Born: 25 Feb 1946
Sun, Venus and mercury in Pisces, Pisces ascending and no earth signs in
my chart
Marriage:
I grew up during the fifties and early sixties. My role models were stay
at home house wives who's entire lives were supporting the husband and
training children. Everything one did was based upon a support role and
the husband made all the REAL decisions. The wife seldom did anything of
importance without asking permission first and certainly never had the
freedom just to go off and do something impulsive that would interfere
with family support duties. I used to see my mother crying sometimes
when dad was off at work. She would never say why, but I felt she was
board to tears.
I wanted something different in life. I wanted to be the mistress of my
own fate, to live on a whim at the spur of the moment. To be able to
follow a breeze if it interested me. I wanted to be able to sit all day
and read a book without guilt, or to run to the store for something and
end up spending the day following a stream up a forest canyon because it
just felt right in that instant and I wanted to see the wonders just
beyond the next bend.
I'm impulsive and I value the freedom to be impulsive.
Besides I did not fall into the category of attractive. I'm taller than
many men and inherited oversize football shoulders from my father. It's
not like I had a trail of men trying to get me to change my mind about
the value of freedom.
Life paths are like two edge swords. Following one to gain something you
see as valuable cuts you off from other things that are of value too.
You can not have everything. I picked being my own mistress and the
freedom to follow a scent to a flower on a whim. It cost me a lot of
traditional comforts and love. But I have gained some interesting
experiences and skills.
I've walked the royal mile into Castle Edinbrough, the beaches of
Normandy, Connecticut, most of the West coast, wondered through the
streets of Paris, London, Boston, Seattle and several old West ghost
towns, caught an opera in Berlin and a free Jefferson Airplane concert in
the pan handle of the Height Ashbury, Flown at the controls of a Ryan
PT17 and scuba dived the Monterey bay kelp beds, driven route 66, The
Majave and Oregon wagon train trails, driven around the Great Lakes, went
on hiking camping trips through Yosemite, the Cascade mountains, Land
Rover camped for three months while wondering the west, walked Canadian
Rocky mountain glaciers and the deepest parts of Death Valley, seen the
ruins of Brooklyn and the Anasazi Indians, watched Morris dancers as well
as Navajo dancers.
But I still have a couple more continents to explore and a lot more
things to do.
As Amelia Earhart once said, "How can life grant us the boon of
living..unless we dare"
My mother did as her mother did as her mother did... I thought it would
be interesting to try something a little different.
TeriAnn Wakeman If you send me direct mail, please
Santa Cruz, California start the subject line with TW -
twakeman@cruzers.com I will be sure to read the message
http://www.shadow-catcher.net <- Photography for sale
http://www.overlander.net <- Web directory for Land Rover
http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman <- My personal web site
"In the world of type A & type B drivers consider me a type C gypsy
traveler. Destinations are optional and not necessarily desirable."
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