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Overview

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  • Fluent in English
  • 73, Male
  • Member since 2012
  • writing poetry, translating Chinese poetry, playing guita...
  • some university years ago (U of T East Asian Studies)
  • From Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

poetry, improvised music, blues, community activism

ABOUT ME

I am recently retired from working as a policy analyst for the Nova Scotia government, but my long time vocation are poetry and music. My community work has focused on coastal, fisheries and social
innovation/enterprise. I am also doing volunteer work with the international small-scalll fisheries movement. I am also a blues singer songwriter.

PHILOSOPHY

social justice, free improvisation, communitarianism, Taoism, spontaneous creativity

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am planning to put in some major low budget road time, combining music gigs, writing and my international fisheries work. I have just returned from a trip to NYC, Lisbon, Morocco and London that combined all these thing, and I am ready for more.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to it.

Interests

I have been billeted many times as part of music tours

  • writing
  • poetry
  • volunteer work
  • music
  • guitar
  • blues
  • volunteering
  • tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Fave movie: Ran
Fave record: Best of Muddy Waters

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked up Emei Shan, the sacred mountain the Szechuan

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
blues guitar, music improvisation, facilitation/organization skills, writing poetry

Learn:
conversational Mandarin and French, music, poetry,

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Greece, India, Italy, Morocco, Mozambique, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France

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