We became friends when she made a comment on one of my posts where I referred to my late hours, saying she was the same. We PMed.  We shared a need to dance. She spoke about dancing in the darkest part of the night and bringing life to it, a beguiling image. She said she sometimes had to get up early to go to work and she was tired, but she would not give up her art time, her dance time. 

Roy Jimenez, his wife, and I joined her and her friend for dinner in San Francisco on her birthday. She lives in Santa Rosa, but she managed to find the best, hippest, cheapest place to eat in my own neighborhood.  She said she kept up with restaurant reviews although she couldn't afford to eat in restaurants very often. There is a power in someone who can do that without envy or bitterness, just curiosity.

She spoke about her curiosity. She said she was born in the year of the rat and had the animal's curious and burrowing nature. She said that she cleaned houses and often found junk food in them. She never bought it for herself, but she always tasted it in her employers house, just a little nibble, closing the package and leaving no trace of her explorations.

She was playful, funny, spiritual and sexy. I want to have more of her. I hope others share stories.