CURRENT MISSION

Explore, explore, explore!

ABOUT ME

I am friendly, tolerant, empathetic, curious, hideously un-mechanical, ironic, happy and respectful. I enjoy talking to people of all ages (I used to coach a high school basketball team and gained so much from interacting with the kids).

PHILOSOPHY

This remains a work in progress. One should aspire to a life of significance. Materialism, though seductive, is not the answer. Relationships, connections, bringing a smile, laughing, touching someones life in a good way is the answer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been a great ride. Have meet so many interesting, kind people both surfing and hosting. It's a wonderful community.

Interests

The Body: biking, hiking, running (really jogging now), basketball, yoga
The Mind: reading, music, talking with friends with a glass of wine, exploring, cross-cultural pollination
The Spirit: the Ocean, the Sky, the Mountains, Buddhist psychology

• wine
• yoga
• running
• coach
• reading
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• basketball
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Some(not so) recent favorite movies: "El Secreto En Sus Ojos", "Garden State", "The Big Lebowski", and "Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona"

Books: Really too many to list, really love "Zorba the Greek", everything by Tom Robbins, "The Magus" by John Fowles, Banville, Murakami, Steinbeck, Alice Munro, I'm just going to stop...

Music, a variety, New Age, Reggae, Taiko, Samba, Classical at times, a lot of stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Running marathons, still not sure what the heck I was thinking, experienced living with a Masai clan in the bush near the Kenyan border, helped raise two great humans from birth to very cool adulthood

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Tanzania, United States

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