Date men from Canada / Ontario / Thorold, 72 year old

Date someone special from Thorold, Canada. My friends tell me that I am a lively and interesting person. My brother thinks that I'm "a generous, thoughtful, and kind human being," or at least that's what's he wrote on his Christmas card to me. As a retired professor, I retain the spirit of being around young people. I love their excitement and genuineness.
I can have deep feelings for people of depth and always seek the profound in feeling and thought. I love classical music, opera, and the like, but I've been known to feel melancholy listening to Roy Orbison or Patsy Cline in the dark. I appreciate anyone who can pour heart and soul into their music.
I believe that every person, however humble, has something of worth to express and to have others appreciate. Every person wants to be loved and appreciated for the unique person they are, and that goes for me, too. My friends say that I have an excellent sense of humour, or at least they think so when I am not making jokes about them! I especially enjoy making fun of myself...mostly because it's so easy to do!
I believe in trying everything once -- except incest and folk dancing. It's true that I have lots of degrees, but the most important degree is the degree to which one can love and be loved in return.
My ideal mate is someone warm, affectionate, both intelligent and with intellectual interests, who loves to laugh. She sees the beauty in the simplest things but also enjoys the finer things in life. She appreciates music and the arts, and the natural world, but might give camping a try just for the experience of it.
She loves to cuddle and be held close to feel the security and comfort of a warm embrace and to feel the presence of her beloved beside her through life. She might go on a roller coaster for the thrill of it, but will also be content to just lie on a hammock looking at the stars.
She is a traveller who likes to learn about other people's customs and ways. She loves and supports me in trying times and lets me love and support her through her own trials.
She is trustworthy: a woman of high standards, In short, she is first and foremost my best friend, someone I can talk to about anything, someone I can trust to understand how I really feel, and someone whom I can love from the bottom of my heart.
I have to add that, although I'm currently separated, not divorced, I've been separated for more than ten years. For the first five years of our separation (while I was still working) we didn't divorce so that my spouse could stay on my health insurance. After that, my spouse and I agreed to divorce if either of us wanted to remarry. But that hasn't happened so far. I feel that the "currently separated" phrase does not accurately describe my situation and leads people to wonder whether there is a possibility of reconciliation or that one person hasn't gotten over the other. You can see that neither is the case with me.
My apologies for being misleading, but I feel that there are no exact words to describe my situation. Only you can judge whether I've been open and honest.
Please note that I respond ONLY to E-MAILS, not to winks or mere expressions of interest. A sentence or two would be fine. Please take a chance and write.