jerry schaefer

About me

Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation semi-retired
Location Long Beach, California, United States
Introduction I'm in a committed relationship that I'm happy with. We've been married for 25 years and are still getting to know each other. I've learned to be happy, quite happy, with my lot in life. I am very concerned with the treatment of women in the world, with slave labor (especially of children), and with the imperial state of the USA.
Interests Writing, Reading, Dancing (Zydeco), Gardening, Talking to friends, Taking Teaching Company courses, Giving talks on subject of my book (women), Going to plays, Trying to live in the present and be mindful of what I'm doing.
Favorite Movies Persopolis, Machacho, Blue Kite, I'm not scared, The Sea Inside, Fire, Pan's Labyrinth, Paradise now, Volver, Water, Earth, Venus, Smiles of a Summer Night, Downfall, After the Wedding, Squid and Whale, Mad Hat Ballroom, Atonement, Secret Life of Words.
Favorite Music Variety: I like most music and I'm trying to learn to like opera.
Favorite Books Women: DOWN through the Ages--How lies have shaped our lives (I'm shameless), Don Quixote, Tristram Shandy, On Deep History and the Brain, The First Word--the search for the origins of language, The Old Way.