CURRENT MISSION

To travel the USA by land over six weeks.

ABOUT ME

Spent most of my life working and paying off a mortgage.Father of three boys; grandfather of three plus one on the way. Retired but still doing casual teaching.

PHILOSOPHY

Humanitarian. What you learn from history and literature is "man's inhumanity to man". I like to do what I can to avert this.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have only just registered but interested in the concepts behind the project.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

nil

Interests

Interested in literature, history, science, music, politics, green issues.

• writing
• literature
• politics
• traveling
• music
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Fascinated by good cinema; love a broad range of composers but not averse to good popular music; nineteenth century and other serious writers. And, of course, Shakespeare.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

helped to bring down John Howard's government. I would have loved to do the same with George Bush.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have always been interested in helping people to shape their ideas into the written word. Writer and reader both learn

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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