I am a ecological gardener, orchardist, nurseryman, writer, and artist. I am passionate about agriculture, botany, ecology, community living, forestry, herbalism, magic, meditation, mountains, cycling, poetry, storytelling, and traveling by foot.

I work for a nonprofit farm and garden that acts as a center for restorative community in Massachusetts, close to Providence and Boston.

In 2022 I worked for a permaculture earthskills school near Barnardsville, NC called Wild Abundance as a perennials gardening teacher and caretaker. In 2021 I lived and worked at a permaculture homestead and nursery on Orcas Island in Washington.

In 2020 I worked as an agroforestry apprentice on a homestead and nursery in Iowa. In 2019 I worked for a nonprofit urban farm in Brooklyn that serves underprivileged communities through affordable markets, donations, education, and artistic enrichment.

I traveled the U.S. by bicycle for nine months during 2017-2018, from NYC to Florida to California, and made a documentary about the experience. I volunteered on organic farms and intentional communities through WWOOF, wild camped, and stayed with Couchsurfing hosts from Virginia to California.

I grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, then studied creative writing and mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. I've made various films, books, and love photography.

I am a very neat and respectful guest, always willing to cook, clean, build, teach, learn, and help out in any way possible.

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

I want to meet people beyond the bounds of monetary exchange, which I often feel restricts community and the exchange of more important things, like culture and experience.

Interessi

• arts
• writing
• poetry
• photography
• documentaries
• film making
• reading
• minimalism
• folk music
• blues
• hiking
• camping
• solo travel
• adventure travel
• filmmaking
• films
• film photography
• film
• cinematography
• wild camping
• simple living
• analog photography
• old movies
• mountain hiking
• street photography
• landscape photography
• free camping

Musica, film e libri

MUSICIANS: Terry Allen, Willie Nelson, Leo Kottke, Neil Young, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, The Beach Boys, Animal Collective, Panda Bear, Hank Williams, Alex G, William Tyler, John Fahey, Grateful Dead, Big Thief, Sibylle Baier, Patti Smith, Jake Xerxes Fussell.

FILMMAKERS: John Cassavetes, Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson, Yasujiro Ozu, Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, Philippe Garrel, Claire Denis, Les Blank, Jonas Mekas, Peter Hutton, Lisandro Alonso, Stanley Kubrick, Sidney Lumet, Ingmar Bergman, Francis Ford Coppola, Agnes Varda.

WRITERS: Gary Snyder, Bob Kaufman, Edward Abbey, Matsuo Basho, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hermann Hesse, Robert Creeley, Jim Harrison, Annie Dillard, John Muir, Wendell Berry, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Sam Shepard, Edouard Levé.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

A self-sustained, solo 5,000 mile cross country bicycle ride across the eastern and southern parts of the United States.

Insegna, impara, condividi

I want to learn more about permaculture, agroforestry and food forests, so bonus if you have knowledge in those areas. The past two years Ive worked at several perennial polyculture tree crop farms and homesteads around the country.

I can teach you how to lucid dream (how to control your own dreams).

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

People often seek me out for my empathy, curiosity, and attentive listening.

Paesi che ho visitato

Canada, France, Mexico, United States

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

United States