CURRENT MISSION

to make music and canoe

ABOUT ME

Working part time in Wasagaming, MB as a stone mason and also working around Canada as a part time touring musician. I play mandolin, guitar, piano and am learning the fiddle. I'm in a band called the Crooked Brothers. The rest of the time I canoe, swim, bike, surf (whitewater surfing), rock climb, snowboard, kayak and hike. I like cooking a lot, mostly vegetarian food.

CURRENT PHILOSOPHY

Love, as much as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think this is a great tool for travelers and I've met some great people through it. I hope to continue doing so!

Interests

Music, Mandolin, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Fiddle (Violin also), Surfing, Swimming, Trail Running, Canoeing, Kayaking, Cliff Jumping, Rock Climbing, Biking, Saunaing, Languages, Songwriting, Crotcheing, Records, Thai and Indian food, Tree Climbing.

• beauty
• concerts
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• vegetarian
• running
• coach
• music
• guitar
• piano
• violin
• cycling
• canoeing
• kayaking
• surfing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• trail running
• cliff jumping
• baseball
• rock climbing
• hockey
• swimming
• languages
• songwriting
• mandolin

Music, Movies, and Books

The Animals In That Country - Magaret Atwood;
The Diviners - Margaret Laurence;
Bread, Wine & Salt - Alden Nowlan;
The Mysterious Naked Man - Alden Nowlan;
Old Snow - Bei Dao;
Flesh of Leviathan - Chus Pato;
Bright Scythe - Tomas Tranströmer;
The Collected Poems of Paul Celan;
Sand - Mahmoud Darwish;
anything by susan sontag;
Narrow Road to a Far Province - Basho;
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje;
In The Skin of A Lion - Michael Ondaatje;
Fall On Your Knees - Ann Marie MacDonald;

MUSIC

Jimsom Weed - Nathan;
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits;
Estudando o Samba - Tom Ze;
Africa Brasil - Jorge Ben;
Every album by Gillian Welch;
100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Graceland - Paul Simon;
Knock Knock - Smog;
Woke on a Whaleheart - Bill Callahan;
Anything by Louis Armstrong;
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse;
Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach;
LOCAL MUSIC!

MOVIES

Persepolis;
Darjeeling Limited;
Princess Mononoke (anything by Studio Ghibli)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Nepal.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach advanced Guitar, Mandolin. Could also teach piano and bass. Also, i could teach inland surfing, hockey, baseball, snowboarding.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A place in the woods close to Riding Mountain National Park.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Laos, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Nepal

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