CURRENT MISSION

She: Live a creative life and take advantage of good health to explore and discover now. He: having people and organizations be more powerful in their missions.

ABOUT ME

She: Rediscovering life and all its beauty in my mid 50s with my husband David. Moved, touched and inspired by everything I see and touch. Quiet, easy going with an adventurous and artistic streak -

He: Also mid-50s, having fun taking my career in a new direction, love sitting or exploring with my wife. Always open to wonder and delight in anything!

PHILOSOPHY

She:Not wise enough to have my own philosophy. I Take bits and pieces of things I encounter that speak to me, that then form the lense through which I see the world. Basically - this world is an amazing place - what joy to be alive.

He: Approach the world through wonder, delight and curiosity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By practising generosity and the art of hospitality and helping people become more trusting of others through a great CS experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted 4 CS so and more to come in October. Delightful hours spent with all of them, learning about them and their countries and sharing our country with them.

Interests

she: I am moved by beauty - in the simple and ordinary. I get inspired by everything I see and touch. Midcentury Modern Design and good design in general makes my heart sing. Traveling the world, sustainability

He: Ideas, music, modern dance, quirky movies, good conversation over good wine and food, great architecture, innovation

• arts
• singing
• architecture
• design
• beauty
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• gardening
• movies
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

she: Movies: Oh Brother where are thou, Gost busters, Love actually, Ghandi, Music: anything that has soul and rhythm that makes me want to move, anything with great lyrics - Blues, Dixi Jazz, Blue Grass, Liedermacher, Books: anything except science fiction

He: Movies: Babette's Feast, Ehle & Firth's Pride & Prejudice, Men in Black, Purple Rose of Cairo, ... Music: jazz, R&B, classical (baroque and classical periods), Weepies, Lyle Lovett, Bare Naked Ladies
Books: Jane Austen, Math and Physics, Steven Pinker, John Barth, Life of Pi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Elfriede: James Rose Centre in Ridgewood NJ. I was moved to tears by the simplicity and richness of this place.
Volunteered in Construction at Paolo Soleri's Arcology Arcosanti in the high Arizona Desert. Meeting Paolo Soleri, who, at 93 is still as passionate about frugal living and changing the world as he was when he
started his Cosanti Project in the 1950s.

He: My son's birth, Chick Corea in concert, performed with Maureen Forrester, workshopped with Donny McCaslin, did a retreat with Pir Vilayat Khan, made weird sounds a the top of my lungs in the Grand Hall of the National Gallery of Canada, courted my wife.

Teach, Learn, Share

She: Have people see bigger things for themselves in my presence. I can teach you to do a great massage, plant a garden, cast concrete, getting the most out of the least

He: I can connect ideas from widely different areas to provide new ways of looking at a topic. I can teach you a lot about personal and organizational effectiveness, and how to live a life you love.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Canada, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States

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