CURRENT MISSION Be happy. And a good strong cup of coffee to go with it.
ABOUT ME Easily entertained. Self motivated and enjoy exploring new areas and seeing a place through the eyes of someone who knows and appreciates the area.
Life is the alleyways and not the thoroughfares. PHILOSOPHY Life has no meaning a priori . Before you come alive, life is nothing; it is up to you to give it a meaning and value is nothing else but the meaning that you choose. -Jean-Paul Sartre
Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child, Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be -Shel Silverstein

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travel, sharing in the travels of others and hosting when able!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been fortunate to have friends and new acquaintances on the road that have put me up, showed me around and provided insight to their home place. Couch surfing is another way to continue that and to help repay the kindness I have been offered over the years by others.

Interests

Strong cup of coffee, good drink, breweries, good food, fresh air and the outdoors and good conversation and natural occurrences...

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- oh, the list is long! Punk to Jazz...
JJ Grey, Lou Reed, Ramones, The Cramps, Jon Spencer, Sleater Kinney, White Stripes, The Kills, Melvins, Rev Horton Heat, Corb Lund, Le Butcherettes, Drive By Truckers, Miles Davis, Junior Kimbrough, Muddy Waters, Butthole Surfers, Beastie Boys, Black Keys, Jack White, Beth Orton, My Morning Jacket, Coltrane, Sonny Stitt, RL Burnside, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Phantogram, Public Enemy, Run The Jewels, The Submarines...

Books- The River Why, Brothers K, Candide, Ivan Doig...

Movies- Documentaries. Hayao Miyazaki films, Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Bruce Campbell films

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Breath.

Teach, Learn, Share

Coffee roasting, beer brewing, fire ecology.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Thailand, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States