I just moved to Olympia with my wife (https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/1440667/profile) and our little dog. I'm a poet and freelance copywriter.

One of my favorite quotes...
"What fascinates me most in existence is the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real."
-Philip Gourevitch

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've had experiences I wouldn't have otherwise and met some amazing people. Because of Couchsurfing, I was invited to someone's sweat lodge in New Mexico. I also met my wife through Couchsurfing when I moved to Albuquerque four years ago!

Interests

Poetry, music, reading, books, languages, traveling, coffee, planning possible trips, cooking, traveling by bus, train, and car, the desert

• dogs
• books
• poetry
• cooking
• coffee
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• freelancing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

A Confederacy of Dunces, Rilke, Elizabeth Bishop, Keats, Theodore Roethke, Neko Case, Sigur Ros

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching the sun set over a lake and turning around to see a double rainbow. Abiquiu, New Mexico.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make an excellent lemon meringue pie.

If you have a garden, letting me poke around in it and ask questions about gardening in your climate would be fun.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Meals, walks, conversation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

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