Just moved to Alaska.
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Though I have grown to love living in Kentucky, exploring them mountains, the diners, and being surrounded by beautiful music, I also never seem to stop exploring new things and visiting new places....which is why I enjoy CouchSuring.

I have lived in several cities in the US, including Nashville, New Orleans, and Denver, and have ventured to Ireland, France, Guatemala, and Mexico. I tend to try to find good projects to work on during my travels and have a hard time doing nothing.

PHILOSOPHY

(Why I used Mad Farmer as a profile name:)

Mad Farmer Manifesto, Wendel Berry

Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know.

So, friends, every day do something
that won't compute. Love the Lord.
Love the world. Work for nothing.
Take all that you have and be poor.
Love someone who does not deserve it.
Denounce the government and embrace
the flag. Hope to live in that free
republic for which it stands.
Give your approval to all you cannot
understand. Praise ignorance, for what man
has not encountered he has not destroyed.

Ask the questions that have no answers.
Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias.
Say that your main crop is the forest
that you did not plant,
that you will not live to harvest.
Say that the leaves are harvested
when they have rotted into the mold.
Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.

Put your faith in the two inches of humus
that will build under the trees
every thousand years.
Listen to carrion - put your ear
close, and hear the faint chattering
of the songs that are to come.
Expect the end of the world. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts.
So long as women do not go cheap
for power, please women more than men.
Ask yourself: Will this satisfy
a woman satisfied to bear a child?
Will this disturb the sleep
of a woman near to giving birth?

Go with your love to the fields.
Lie down in the shade. Rest your head
in her lap. Swear allegiance
to what is nighest your thoughts.
As soon as the generals and the politicos
can predict the motions of your mind,
lose it. Leave it as a sign
to mark the false trail, the way
you didn't go. Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.

-wb

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I keep my home open to travelers, especially those biking across the US, because I have been hosted so well in the past.

I always enjoy a good conversation and a new perspective.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have used couchsurfing on nearly on my travels whether it is for advice, a couch, or just to meet a few people, it seems like I have had amazing experiences.

兴趣

authenticity
reading outloud
sleeping in strange places
laughing
making anything
dreaming
stopping a stranger
meeting new people
drinking bum wine
trying to cook
growing things
dancing
watching documentaries
the idea of sustainability
being challenged

• documentaries
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• drinking
• reading
• investing
• music
• cycling
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

I think the attempt to create anything is admirable; I appreciate just about anything with reason and especially that of authenticity.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Living in the midst of a natural disaster...

我游览过的国家

Belgium, Belize, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Guatemala, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States

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