CURRENT MISSION

get rid of THINGS, simplify, quiet

ABOUT ME

today? i still like a good cup of coffee, and walking everywhere, home cooked meals with good people, appreciating what is under my nose.

PHILOSOPHY

practice and laugh as much as possible

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

have hosted great people from austria, germany, philadelphia, chicago, LA always a joy, usually with surprises too. still have not surfed a couch myself alas.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

many people have been gracious to me in my travels, warm hearts at a coffee bar in le puy, a farm in auvergne, chusmari in leon...all on the way to santiago in 1979! and so much more.

Interests

scrabble, natural world...documentaries, architecture, the desert, random walking in cities, old postcards, art (making and viewing), food markets (lexington market baltimore, union square nyc, dixon nm, thuir france), poetry, writing

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• architecture
• documentaries
• dining
• coffee
• yoga
• walking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

latest books - A Wild Sheep Chase (currently setting out to read all Murakami available in English) and The Great Fire.

Music - Rai, Bluegrass, Old Time Music, Irish Music (Button Accordian!) Jazz Piano...60's folk, Bartok, Britten, blahblahblah

movie - Muddy River

artists - Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, Agnes Martin, De Kooning

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Thorn trees upon waking up in the morning in a field in the mountains outside of Esteli, Nicaragua

Teach, Learn, Share

share strange special corners of where I live and places I have been

would like to learn hindi, banjo, yoga

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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