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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 69, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • public policy, civil rights, sell real estate retired fro...
  • visual communications, business and an MBA and MEd TESOL
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

open to the possibilities

ABOUT ME

TESOL certification - I am teaching Business English online
Single, adventurous, love learning about other places
voyeuristic and touristic

VOLUNTEERING - I teach English to refugees and immigrants, rebuild bikes at Bike Works

PHILOSOPHY - "don't die wondering"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people and learn about what they think and where they are from.

Interests

My good time can include:
car related activities, geocaching, road trips, gardening/home, cooking, movies and the other arts and fashion
I also do amateur radio for emergency communications.

  • arts
  • fashion
  • education
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • trivia
  • movies
  • road trips
  • bicycle
  • local history
  • world history

Music, Movies, and Books

I love great story telling what ever the format

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in Chile when the Allende overthrow began, there was also a large earthquake that year 1971.

Teach, Learn, Share

I grew up in the pacific northwest and have always moved back to Seattle when I have thought I wanted to live other places. I know how to get anywhere around here and other historical trivia.

What I Can Share with Hosts

US and Seattle history, governmental policy (worked for the State of Washington for 30 years) and personal stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, United States

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