Hello and thank you for checking out my profile.
I first joined this community as a way to stalk my local friends and my sister and then, like a new roller skater at a rink, slowly left the wall and merged into the threads where I was delighted to find a selection of witty, wonderful and like minded folks with whom I've managed to truly connect with.

This place has become a second community for me...a cyber home town if you will and I continue to enjoy the creative minds and generous people I "meet".

Sadly, just like in real life I cannot become friends with the entire community of tribes and don't have the energy to visit every individual tribe that exists...

In that vein please understand that while I love to visit I am careful to only accept friendship offers from those I'm familiar with or have chatted with in the threads and have no interest in "collecting" friends for the sake of collecting...that's not what people are for.

Additionally, if you invite me to a tribe and I do not join please don't be upset ... I have limited time and have already made the mistake of joining a few too many, which I've had to cull back...which makes me feel bad when I have to say goodbye to nice folks because I can't keep up.
So, if you took the time to come read this...and we've chatted before and you think we will hit it off by all means please send the invite...if you just want to collect me...move along...I'm a real person...the Icon is just an Icon...not a stamp. :-)

Thank you and good travels. Paidia

Good day and thank you very much for taking a moment to peruse my blatant self-promotion.

I am a disabled freelance writer with specialized experience primarily in the food and retail trades, i.e. restaurants, cooking schools, bakeries and various brick and mortar shops, such as jewelry, gift and other specialty shops.

I additionally have extensive experience writing short non-fiction essays and advertisements for both corporate and small business newsletters, pamphlets and other related material.

I can further assist you with planning detailed meal plans, including recipes and shopping lists that will fit in with any lifestyle choice or dietary restrictions. Save time and money by cooking fast meals at home with out having to search out recipes, figure out ingredients and worry about nutrition. I will do the research for you...and provide you with customized daily, weekly or monthly recipes that are delicious, easy and good for you. Price varies depending on clients needs and income.

If you suffer from Fibromyalgia like I do, or know someone who does, check back here often.

I additionally have some slim experience as a personal coach for those with chronic issues. I am currently enrolled in college courses that will aid me in achieving degrees in Social Science and Psychology. If you have chronic Auto-immune and pain disorders and are looking for help to get on the right track and achieve a better quality of life then please contact me. I have 8 years of practical experience (call it on the job training) with chronic pain and other chronic disorders and I am happy to help you, for a nominal fee, get the tools you need to live a better life in spite of chronic illness. Help two folks at once, you and me, for one low* monthly fee.
* Again, it all depends on what you can afford...I will work with you to fit your needs in every way and trust that you will be honest in return.

Lastly I have the equivalent proof reading skills of a Junior Editor and am happy to help out with some quick proof reading anytime, at a very low fee: 2.00 dollars (USD) per 500 words.

Should you have any project that you could use a writer for please keep me in mind and message me here with WRITING JOB in the subject line.

My pay scale varies, however I try to keep my prices very low...and I will throw in a discount for tribe members. I accept pay-pal, which you can sign up for for free at www.paypal.com.

Under very special occasions I will accept a check, however I require payment in advance and a five dollar additional charge.

I have both real-world and tribe references for those who would like them.

Again, thank you for reading this and have a great day.

I'm very open to just about anything the ladies would care to throw at me...I'm proud of my newly re- found sensuality and really enjoy exploring that part of me that just goes to mush when a lovely lady goes bi ;-0)

HOWEVER

I have a wonderful man in my life who is my committed life partner, so guys...even tho I am pretty damn cool I'm taken for anything but friendship and witty repartee...that I'm always up for and my man has no trouble with me flaunting it...my wit that is...

My partner and I have rules that we live by, they are liberal and freeing and wonderful...so come play with me...we will have fun...so long as everyone is respectful of one another...

If you can't be respectful of me or my tribe friends then don't even bother making contact, you won't last long and Time is too precious to waste on jerks, I know this from previous experience.

Happy hugs to all...

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa


Enduring habits I hate.... Yes, at the very bottom of my soul I feel grateful to all my misery and bouts of sickness and everything about me that is imperfect, because this sort of thing leaves me with a hundred backdoors through which I can escape from enduring habits. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, 1882

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom

There is no education like adversity. ~Disraeli


He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way. ~Bernie S. Siegel

Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. ~Josephine Hart

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead and some come from behind.
But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see.
Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
~Dr. Seuss

“You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.”

Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can't taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie. ~Astrid Alauda
If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn't organic produce just be called "produce" and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective? ~Ymber Delecto

It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe to eat. ~Robert Fuoss

He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. ~Henry David Thoreau

A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. ~James Beard

If God dropped acid, would he see people? ~Steven Wright

Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs. ~Lily Tomlin

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police. ~Keith Richards

God made pot. Man made beer. Who do you trust? ~Graffiti

Cocaine is God's way of saying you're making too much money. ~Robin Williams

Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't penalized for being on grass. ~Bob Hope

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain

Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche

A Short History of Medicine
2000 B.C. - "Here, eat this root."
1000 B.C. - "That root is heathen, say this prayer."
1850 A.D. - "That prayer is superstition, drink this potion."
1940 A.D. - "That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill."
1985 A.D. - "That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic."
2000 A.D. - "That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root."
~Author Unknown