CURRENT MISSION

have fun, enjoy family and friends, welcome strangers to become freinds, do good for others, travel and meet people, be good hosts for other traveleres, save the planet by doing good through non-profit orgs, political activism, social justcie work, bike,

ABOUT ME

Married to Susan, my lovely wife, with three sons
I love people, visitng people across the planet, traveling, hosting vistors, meeting new people
I love gardening, biing, hiking, caping,
I love art, oils, acrylics, mixed media
I love music, all kinds, listen to Pandora music while I'm painting... jazz, blues, classical, afro, reggae, rock... love it all

PHILOSOPHY

Live fully and enjoy each moment
create joyful peak experiences as often as possible, every day, every hour
strive to be my best self and help others do the same
let others live in peace

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

- Member of Community Cycles in Boulder (
http://communitycycles.org/ )
- Member of Intercambio Communidades in Boulder
- I promote Peace and Understanding across Cultures, as a member of Couchsurfers, and also a member of SERVAS ( http://www.usservas.org/ )
- Volunter and Support KGNU community radio in Boulder
- Support Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
- As a Unitarianm, I believe in the inherent dignity and worth of all people and respect all religions and philosophies

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We want more visitors

Interests

gardening
biking
art and painting
philosophy
politics
stories, esp cultural storeis and family histories

• arts
• culture
• gardening
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• bouldering
• music
• jazz
• blues
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• communications
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

love films, but not trivial or violent films
love music, too many artists to mention, jsut about all music

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

quit smoking 30 years ago...
survived heart attacks ten years ago...
toured Europe for 7 weeks...
VW camper trips around the USA amd Canada...

Teach, Learn, Share

Art is big for me... check out my art web site... https://sites.google.com/site/newpqr/art-by-pqr
I enjoy creating art and helaping others create art

Positive Expectations are important to me, personally and as a culture... - As a member of the Pachamama Commiunity worldwide, I present Awakening the Dreamer symposiums to Change the World - http://www.pachamama.org/workshops/about

Countries I’ve Visited

Guatemala

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Viet Nam