Probably like most people here: One of my favorite things to do in the world is to get to know a place and the people in it!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travelling, meeting, exploring, having a good time and surfing with you; hosting, welcoming, bringing out & blowing up my airmattress for you!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS is AWESOME! Meeting and hanging out with couchsurfers from places like New Orleans to La Paz--and hosting in NYC (though we've moved upstate in recent years)--has been the coolest thing since sliced bread, with dulce de leche on top.

Interests

Talking w/ strangers until they're strangers no more; and then some. Reading thoughtful/thoughtless writing. Writing. Wandering through every block of NYC, multiple times, eventually. Watching cool films, weird paintings, outdoors & sunshine, with good people.

• writing
• books
• beer
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• swimming
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Between the World and Me. Parable of the Sower. Shadows then Light. If I Were Writing This. Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art. Sound and the Fury. Maniac McGee. Centering. etc., etc.

Music: Bob Dylan. Thelonius Monk. Radiohead. Sigur Ros. etc.

Movies: Dr. Strangelove. The Hole. etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To have had manatees swim to me so I can scratch their backs for them.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Mandarin, a little bit of Taiwanese, and inaccurate Spanish. I can try teaching how to self-publish a book, but my humble not-recent experience may be outdated in this fast paced world.

Learn: To build things, or sculpt. And paint. And many other things in this world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, friendship, beers, tapas and/or pizzas, laughs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Guatemala, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bolivia, Taiwan, United States

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