Who am I? Once upon a time, I would have been called Arafel, in some places.  It will work for now.  I am a single white female, and that tells you very little about me.  I am a nurse, and that tells you something about me, if you know anything about nurses.  I live in the Pacific Northwest because of all the places I've been in the U.S., I love these mountains the most.  I've been to most regions of the U.S., so that is an educated opinion.  I traveled to many of those places by hitchhiking.  That tells you even more about me.  I love camping and living outdoors, and have spent years living that way, in the mountains and the desert, and on the seashore.  I always come back to my mountains, but I miss the desert, and have a periodic need to see the ocean, to contemplate infinity.  If you hadn't noticed already, I like to play role playing games.  They exercise my imagination and provide a stress release, and a social life.  Better than hanging out in bars.  Give me a good book store anytime!

Especially a book store that serves espresso, another good reason to live in the Pacific Northwest, espresso on every corner!  I also like fine art, fine music, and fine literature.  I like the renaissance painters, humanism, realism, surrealism, and recently Thomas Kincaid.  I like Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Joe Cocker, Sass Jordan, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Joe Satriani, Richard Elliot, and James Galway.  I have read Jane Austin, Socrates, Sarte, Homer, Virgil, C. J. Cherryh, Isaac Asimov, Anne Bishop, and Steven Brust.  These lists are by no means inclusive of all my interests!!

I live with 3 large dogs of mixed ancestry.  Tweety and Filbert, the Lutino Cockatiels recently joined us. I enjoy yard work and gardening.  I like to grow herbs and spices.  I use a little herbal medicine along with my nursing.  I am an informal follower of Wicca.  I can usually be found in jeans or sweats or scrubs. I can count the number of times I've worn a dress in the last 20 years on my hands and have fingers left over, and I'm proud of it!