CURRENT MISSION

Make art, theater/music/write, SING, DANCE; be physical bring joy, be outside, reduce footprint, , grow what I eat, cook, serve, learn

ABOUT ME
Just published a novel: "The Adoption" based on the lives of kids (now grown up) I worked with in Ethiopia. These days learning ukulele and singing my songs in dives. I've made a lot of shows; "I've been in Hollywood, I've been in Redwood..." and I AM ALWAYS searching for a Heart of Gold. Worked with and wrote for Whoopi Goldberg, founded One Love AIDS/HIV Awareness Theater with street-kids in Ethiopia. Many trips to Ethiopia and Europe to make teach, direct and perform. Homebase. Burlington VT. Lived in Iowa, Quebec, SF, NYC, Western NY, Chicago, Tijuana, Germany. Married to Dana Block. 24 year old daughter who lives on boats in St. Thomas when she's not salmon fishing in Alaska. We live in small apartment in my hometown, Burlington VT. Recently took part-time job directing the Vermont People With AIDS Coalition. Sailed across the Atlantic on a 50 ft sailboat with 3 others two years ago. . I am part of a world-wide community of artists that gets larger the longer I live. Poetry book - My Murder and Other Local News - available on Amazon. Just completed producing and directing a musical about global warming: HOTBALL. Grew up in Vermont and now I'm back; want to be outside more than inside, in the Champlain valley and Green Mountains; hiking, skiing, biking, canoeing, sailing.

PHILOSOPHY

The museum of nature has incredible design....I learn from it daily. You can't get enough of what you don't want. The eye is a menace to clear sight.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have hosted a number of CSers. And have been hosted by marvelous people in Toronto, Boston, Savannah and Memphis. All guests and hosts so far have been fabulous.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As above.

Interests

I love to make art, witness art, open doors for people to realize their creative art, meet people, talk about everything, collaborate on creating things. Also to cook, garden, hike, bike, ski, canoe, fish, sail and be outside.

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• theater
• performing arts
• design
• dancing
• education
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• news
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• canoeing
• sailing
• skiing
• teaching
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Ridley Walker, The Tin Drum, Grapes of Wrath, Wise Blood, Machete, Modern Times, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Last of the Just, Tropic of Capricorn, The Poisenwood Bible, The Good Terrorist, The Liars Club, James McMurtry, Keith Jarrett, Angelique Kidjo, Gigi (Ejigayehu Shibabaw), Greg and James Brown, The Horseflies, Miles, Charlie Hayden, Rasputina, King Sunny, Sonny Rollins, Huck Finn, Emmy Lou Harris, The Campbell Bros., The Avett Bros., Betty Carter, Nina Simone, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Look Homeward Angel, Shakespeare, Aristophanes, Buddy Guy,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumping out of a plane. The feeling of free fall was ectastic.
Birth of my daughter.
First performance of AIDS Education Circus in Ethiopian market place
Moments performing theater when me and the audience have one mind
Sailing from Panama to SF and across the Atlantic from Ste. Maartens to the Azores

Teach, Learn, Share

Teaching: Theater, Creative Writing, Non-profit stuff.
Learning: What I don't know
Sharing: What I am exploring

What I Can Share with Hosts

Ethiopian Food, conversation about everything and everywhere, tales from life in the theater, songs, my book.

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

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