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Stockbridge, massachusetts vegetarians, vegans and raw foodist events and singles dating

For starters, I don't actually have a squint in my left eye. I guess that's just what happens when I hold a camera in my right hand and try to smile for no particular reason. Okay, here are some things about me....

I have an M.D. and have taught and written books for medical and nursing students, but I don't practice. I'm currently starting a very small independent publishing company. I also research and write about the history and psychology of religion, focusing particularly on how patterns of childhood trauma, like corporal punishment, are reflected in a culture's religious myths. This obscure-sounding interest arose out of my deep concern about the way children are treated and, so often, mistreated. Religiously, I'm an atheist but having been raised Jewish and swimming in those cultural waters, I still enjoy Jewish meal observances like Shabbat dinners and Passover seders. I suppose this connects me with some of the nicer aspects of my childhood and gives me an excuse to eat sitting down and to socialize with people in a relaxed way.

I keep in shape with cycling, light hiking, swimming, and the like. I'm about to see whether I can tolerate cycling through the Berkshire winter. I've lived overseas--a year each in New Zealand, Australia, and Israel--and would like to spend more time overseas in the future, perhaps in Europe, if I can work it out. I practice meditation and value psychological awareness. My politics tend towards libertarian, though that can mean different things to different people.

Foodwise, I've been eating a vegetarian diet, loosely defined, since I was 25. Two years ago, I lived near a dairy farm and got to know the calves quite well. I leaned that they are lovely and warm animals with distinct personalities, and I saw first hand what they go through in the commercial production of milk. Since then, I've been eating a vegan diet.  This has become an important ethical concern of mine.

I enjoy taking walks, movies/films, reading, reading aloud with a partner, interesting conversation as well as silence, the right balance of interacting with others and keeping to myself, and eating healthy meals. I’d like to meet a woman who has a good heart, is intelligent/creative, values a healthy lifestyle, and is attractive and keeps in shape. I'm not a fan of heavy makeup or sweet-smelling perfume, to which I'm allergic. I think most of the rest is personal connection, a shared sense of humor and life, and chemistry.