My name is Addison and I am branching out. I read every issue of OP &L and always look forward to seeing who is on the back for the Fortnightly Single. By nature, I am not social and aside from serious relationships have only been on one date in my twenty five years of life.
Oddly, I responded yes to the offer and really enjoyed our few dates we went on. He was my waiter one night, when I was living in Chicago, and at the end of the meal he wrote Questions or Concerns, Dhiya and his number on the back of the receipt. I thought it was clever, well presented and he was charming.
Is talking about a date with another person a superb way to encourage you to go on a date with me? I don’t know. I suppose the right person will overlook my terrible ability to articulate myself charmingly through written word. This is awkward, for me, maybe not you, maybe us both. Though hard to believe, social awkwardness is not my only good quality, I have others. Like a classic midwest sense of humor that sometimes includes what could be considered a derogatory joke.
I want to represent myself accurately, but how? Some people think I am really nice, some think I am a know it all. Some think I have brown hair, others think that I have blonde hair. (It’s brown and nowhere near blonde, those people who think it’s blonde are not people I want to go on a date with.)
Some boring facts…. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. I moved to Chicago when I graduated high school and worked as an Executive Assistant at a commercial brokerage firm for two years while practicing yoga, eating delicious food and spending time in the wood shop with my first love.
Then I found an awesome opportunity building hiking trails in Trout Lake, Washington, and moved there for a year where I traveled up and down the Pacific coast building trails, having the happiest time of my life yet and being in love. Then I moved to Durango, Colorado and had my most educational experiences making raw foods, working in the garden, starting a non profit and throwing benefits, spending time with beautiful people and having a sincere life experience. Then the forces of life swept me up, took me from my home and plopped me down in Washington again and here I am. 
In there somewhere, I also found my most committed life partner, Dharma, who is an amazing, yet opinionated, canine. Most of my days are structured around her happiness and her needs first. I work the Market on the weekends, do landscaping around town and work at the CRC at Evergreen.
While I am not always too fond of social gatherings, I really enjoy group sports and games and wish I had a group of people I enjoy, to play things that fall into those genres with me.
As far as why I decided to write in to get a date, I guess I actually am dying to meet someone whom I actually connect with, can respect and can make each other laugh. I am out of this world independent and it takes just the right person for me to want to build a relationship with them.
I’m not talking intimate relationships, I am talking ANY relationships. I like few strong relationships, not many casual ones. I am not necessarily looking for a date, date. I am hoping to find anyone whom I feel a connection with. People I connect with are generally more logical minded, very funny, but opposite of me in that they are more socially geared.
Generally, I am very stage shy and the thought of making a spectacle of myself would seem daunting, and in fact does still but kind of liberating and empowering to put myself in a vulnerable situation.
I live a very established lifestyle with early rising, breakfast, work/errands, runs with Dharma, dinner, a book or movie and then bed. It isn’t because I am not any fun I just find all of those things fun. I eat mostly from my garden but love cupcakes too. I don’t turn on lights after the sun is down and I thank the moon.
Richard Brautigan and Carl Hiassen are two of my favorite authors. I play soccer, I dance and am learning how to work with metal. I forage and wildcraft and drink a lot of tea and green juice. Right now I am turning my yard into an edible and medicinal forest which is a lot of work.
I am pretty serious about things that are serious but I am not going to give any examples because it will leave you wanting more… phew, potential friend or potential date, lets meet!! ◙
To go on a date with Addison, send a few words about yourself, and a picture, to olympiapowerandlight@gmail.com. If Addison chooses you, we’ll take you both on a fabulous free date!