(Vaxxed, boosted, okay with wearing a face mask.)

CURRENT MISSION

Making time to pursue my own writing projects beyond what I write for work. Traveling gets me out of a rut and makes room for creativity.

ABOUT ME

I'm pretty easy going, I love being around all sorts of different people and reveling in what makes us all different. I'm always looking for new and exciting foods to eat and cook. I travel light and I'm more interested in getting to know people in a new place than doing the usual tourist things.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've stayed in with a couple of couch surfing hosts and really enjoyed the experience of staying with local people. It's great to have someone who knows the city you can ask for advice. My guest room is currently occupied by a long term tenant but when that opens up I'll be happy to host some couchsurfers again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

One summer I hosted a handful of cyclists overnight during a cross-state bike ride. It was fun to meet them, cook for them, and find out about their lives. I hope to do something like that again sometime. I've hosted temporary campaign workers during election season and enjoyed their perspective on politics.

兴趣

Things that challenge me. Things that scare me. Things that exhilarate me. I love connecting with history and making history accessible to other people. I'm an archivist, independent historian, and genealogist. I've been told I take really good photographs. I can carry a tune. I can also be very still and just absorb. I love animals, both domesticated and wild. I always learn something new from them.

• animals
• arts
• beauty
• cooking
• cycling
• history
• science

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: A little bit of everything, leaning mostly toward 1960s rock, and Motown. Movies: Anything that tells a good story, helps me learn about a place and its people, or just makes me laugh.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

The mesas in New Mexico thrilled me. So did the Mexican chocolate!

教，学，和分享

You'd be amazed at how well you can get by without many of those things you think are so essential in your daily life. Disconnect, shed some things, maybe not permanently but at least for a little while. You'll surprise yourself with your own ingenuity and how you connect to the world differently when you carry less with you.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Good conversation, I'm happy to cook or contribute to a meal, and I'm a tidy, respectful guest.

我游览过的国家

Ireland, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States