Pat J.

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Writer, English Writing Instructor, Tutor, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Location Royal Palm Beach and Gainesville, Florida, United States
Introduction Liberal progressive humanist/feminist social worker/tutor/English writing instructor, now retired but still writing and editing. Long-time married, mother to two grown, accomplished children and two beautiful grandchildren. Traveled a fair bit and appreciate experiencing and learning from other cultures. Not religious, but reverent about the value of all life on this planet and hopeful for its fragile future. Sometimes cynical with a clear prejudice against ignorance. Working toward avoiding complaining, criticizing, and condemning; wanting to believe we will wake up and stop declaring war on one another before it's too late.Truth seeker with a small "t."
Interests Socializing with friends and family, reading, writing, movies, restaurants, talking, thinking, pondering.
Favorite Movies The Last of the Mohicans, Lars and the Real Girl, Love Actually, Alien, etc. Godfather trilogy, Bull Durham, and on and on and on
Favorite Music Mostly soft jazz, catchy pop music
Favorite Books I have too many much-loved books to pick a favorite, but I love Lee Child's Jack Reacher series.

If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?

If we do, indeed, have free will, "why are we unhappy much of the time?" The Bern Seer