IC Name: Ceridwen Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Last visit: 315 days ago Sex/gender: Female Location: South Lincs, UK Age: 53

25th Sept 2007 And, methinks, time for a bit of a re-write. And yes I have changed my profile name. Been thinking about this for a while. If you know who Ceridwen is and read on you will find the connection. I left Richendra behind a while ago.

I am now content with the me that is submissive. But that is not all of me. Yes, a certain look or gesture will push my submissive buttons and my mind set will alter appropriately, but there has to be someone rather special behind the look and gesture before that will happen. Just saying "I am a Dom...." is not special.

For me there needs to be a connection on all sorts of levels, not just the D/s thing. I am most certainly not interested in being beaten senseless, flayed to near unconsciousness, or receiving extreme pain. Nor do I want to use D/s as an excuse for quickie kinky sex. For me D/s is one part of a greater dynamic, within a relationship that aims to be long-term. After all there can be so much pleasure in getting to know someone beyond their kinks.

So the connections? Self-knowledge/awareness. Learning who and why we are, and facing up to that is very important to me. I don't think I would be here now unless I was prepared to do that. There is so much strength to be gained from not hiding from ourselves. I have struggled to relate my submissive nature to my profession which is very much a position of leadership. But then, there is a huge difference between leadership and domination. Leadership is about capturing a vision and getting others to follow that vision. Even though I have accepted the submissive traits within me, that doesn't mean I won't discover more.

Intelligence. And that doesn't mean strings of letters after a name, like me (modesty prevents me from lisiting them here !lol). A certain quality of mind is very attractive. I will say that the itellectual side of life is very important to me, and I never want to stop learning. I can hold a conversation with most people in most situations.

Intuition. I am very intuitive. It doesn't usually let me down, though there have been the odd exceptions. I tend to pick up on body language, voice timbre etc very very quickly.

Interests Photography. I have a digital SLR and a Panasonic Lumix. I have embraced digital photography with passion. With Adobe CS2 creative suite and a professoinal A3 printer I have a wonderful set of tools. But of course the most important tools are my eyes and brain. Music. I am a trained classical pianist. I used to be concert standard. Favourite piece to play: Brahms Second PC. But problems with my hands have meant that I can no longer practice for the hours on end that is required. I can still bash out a resonable tune though. Ever had your lady sit at the piano and play just for you? mmmm. I do enjoy listening to other things than classical though. Creativity. I paint glass, and sew rather beautiful celtic designs, which I find very soothing for my soul. And I like to cook, especially the challenge of a four-course dinner party for eight!

I like sleeping with the window open, even in winter, and feeling a cool breeze on my face as I drift off to sleep wondering what time the bleeping bleepyty bleep seagulls will wake me up! I am shortly looking forward to moving from Thanet to Lincolnshire. I will not miss the seagulls!

I'm sorry I cannot put a full pic on the board because of the nature of my job. But I don't make babies cry or send people screaming and running to the hills. I am of celtic stock, having very pale skin, natural red hair and torquoise eyes that seem to change colour depending on clothes and mood (wasn't enought room in the box so had to enter "green"!) Certainly don't look, or feel, my age. Accept when my illness rears it's ugly head ! But understand, my illness has had an effect on me, and I am not a gorgeous model type. I DO NOT over-eat or lack self-control. You cannot have take steroids without it affecting body shape. But now that I am being weened off them, things are changing back. But then if you have depth of character you will see beyond that.

I have a very quick (and sometimes sharp) wit, and will allow others to wind me up if it gives them pleasure..... but I usually get my own back!

Trust and honesty are the two traits I put the greatest store in. If they are shared I will happily kneel at the feet of the one I share them with. If they are broken, then you completely loose my respect, and earn my contempt.

Most importantly ..... I care deeply about those people who are important to me and will go to the ends of the earth to help them.

Eye colour: Green   Hair colour: Titian   Height: 5ft 6in  

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