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I love playing my string bass and I love sculpting in stone ...

I was lured into using LJ by my love for all things concerning David McCallum and then mostly by his role in The Man From Uncle. That's how I met Spikesgirl58 and the rest, as they say, is history.

I have three kids and six grandchildren, and I love all of them to the moon and back again.

My favourite pastimes are my kids and grandkids and for the rest I spend my time enjoying my retirement after working as a software developer for many years, but I'm still interested in keeping up with the latest developments software-wise.

The rest of my time I like to carve into stone and play music on my string bass.
The stone carving is freeing, it transports my mind to a zen-place I would not reach otherwise.
And playing the bass in a woodwind band is thoroughly enjoyable and has brought me many, many good friends with a variety of interests, all united with our common love for music.

In wintertime I like to patch and quilt and do other needlework, since stone carving is a rather dirty hobby, and best practised outside.

I like to cook and I like to eat, but most of all I want to use only good, natural food. I try to use honest food as much as possible. I mostly use fresh products - no canned stuff for me - and if at all possible I use honestly cultivated stuff : as little as possible treated with artificial, and often damaging, products.