Born, raised, & live in the semi-rural South.  Being a native Southerner, I have deep ties to the land, grew up barefoot, & am a down-to-earth person not afraid to get her hands dirty.  I'd rather be shown how to do something than have it done for me.  Ive earned a post-graduate degree from the University of Hard Knocks, which is where you learn most things of value.  Despise drama, zero tolerance for deception, am very straightforward & honest to a fault. 
When not tending to daily life, I like to pursue photography, sketching, & making.  Lifelong voracious reader of all manner of subjects.  Love the outdoors - camping, casual hiking, fishing, calm-water canoeing.  I tend to collect rocks, shells, leaves, feathers, etc; going for a walk means coming back with something in my pockets.  Im curious about almost everything  hard sciences, ideas, history, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, an endless list.  Spend way too much time on the internet looking things up. 
I live a quiet simple lifestyle by choice, which greatly helps maintain my inner balance.
Southern U.S.