I am seeker-after of beauty. I am hope-filled.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To travel, which purpose is two-fold: to experience a place and to experience the people who make that place a place.

Interests

trail running, reading wikipedia, singing, home brewing, beer in general.

• singing
• beauty
• beer
• running
• reading
• traveling
• trail running

Music, Movies, and Books

Music varies from indie-folk to 13th century polyphony to barbershop to bluegrass. Avett Bros., Sufjan Stevens, Tallest Man on Earth, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Paris Combo. Also, Bach, Peronitus, Monteverdi, John Adams.

Movies: Babette's Feast, Calvary, Tree of Life, The New World, Andrei Rublev, La Dolce Vita, Of Gods and Men, The Producers, Dr. Strangelove, In Bruges, The Third Man

Books: The Moviegoer, The End of the Affair, The Portal of the Mystery of Hope,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation. To me, this means being a listener first. Listener, I say, and not merely a hearer. Listening has to do with presence, not just the aural sense.

Curiosity.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, Switzerland, Turkey