I was present in New Orleans for the first Mardi Gras after Hurricane Katrina and it was the greatest party to which I have ever been. I also spent some time in Belfast, Northern Ireland practicing peacemaking and reconciliation and that period was full of amazing experiences but they deserve more than a few words on a profile.

Both my wife and I are interested in history and would love to show people around Birmingham and Central and North Alabama.

I can cook for you, offer you a couch, a bed, a warm shower, and I am happy to show you all over Birmingham.

Soccer, community development and reconciliation, social justice movements, history of languages and linguistics, reading, film, music, gardening, bicycle building, traveling, and learning about new cultures and all their various intricacies.