i have been told by many of my friends here that i am a nice person to visit with. thank you my friends, i enjoy knowing and visiting with all of you. after my serious heart troubles that nearly cost me my life a few years ago, i was given the gift of understanding or at least became aware of it that has allowed me to make friends and to be very careful to be honest about who i am and my intentions. my life and inability to understand people and their real intentions has not been one that allowed me to have only one woman in my life, but it is what i really wanted from a young age. a good friend of mine from this site has told me about a visit to the find bride offices and becoming acquainted with a man from germany who was actually in ukraine to meet my friends good friend for the first time who is also a member . the man has been writing to my friend after seeing how lovely she is and is acting like a middle school child. my friend deletes his letters. if you are that man and are reading this, you need to grow up. if you are my friends friend, you should talk to each other to sort things out and make a decision about what to do, she is afraid to say anything because she values your friendship and does not want to see you get hurt. now...what am i doing these days? i spend lots of time with my grandchildren who live here with their parents and really enjoy having the kids going crazy around here. i also spend time with my animal friends here on the little farm that we have. we have a horse, three dogs, 2 cats, one who just had 4 kittens, two baby chickens that the kids are raising and the wild birds who live very near. there is a pair of hawks who have their nest very nearly over the front door in a tall cottonwood tree. there are two pairs of canadian geese who come here every year to raise their broods. lots of other critters, but the hawks and geese are permanent residents who have been here for many years. by the way inna...i do not have a wide brimmed cowboy hat, but the next time that i remember my camera, i can take a selfie of me and the horse for you. he mows the lawn for us, so he is always somewhere close by. the pic is my youngest grandson george. i have been talking about things around here so folks understand that city life scares me. my idea of traveling is to go to paces that are wild like the russian tiaga. things are much more straight forward in nature than they are with people. good night my wonderful friends. when i get my daughter caught up with her bills, i will start writing personal letters again. i do read all of the letters that you send to me. thank you for them. your friend, dan