CURRENT MISSION

To break free.

ABOUT ME

I'm a friendly and kind person, but I'm not an in your face type. I enjoy good conversation and good food. I like making things. I'm a ponderer who gets excitable sometimes, but usually I'm fairly quiet and enjoy people watching and using all of my senses to learn about things. I wonder what kinds of people will want to traipse through my living room.

PHILOSOPHY

Peoples is peoples. (from the Muppets Take Manhattan)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Footsoldier? Dunno yet. What's there to do besides offer my couch and try to occupy others' couches and hope for some interesting experiences in the process?

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Three nights in Kamakura. I'm a newb. I have however slept on couches in Tokyo, Freiburg (Germany), California, Washington state, Chicago and probably other places, too. I like futons. I'm less fond of pull-outs. Too springy.

Have now hosted once. It was fun to hang out and chat.

Interests

Japanese taiko drums, psychology, micaceous pottery, good food, cooking, sewing, knitting, rocks, hiking, motorcycles, sparkly things, linguistics, herbs, architecture, spirituality, metal (the substance), drums, clarinet, shakuhachi, travel, learning.

• architecture
• dining
• cooking
• motorcycles
• gardening
• traveling
• pottery
• knitting
• drums
• hiking
• canoeing
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Star Trek, Donnie Darko, Shogun, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Yangjin Lamu, Taiko, Shakuhachi, Raif Esquith, Arrested Development

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The mists in the mountains of Japan. The bottom of the Gila River canyon. Canoeing in the wilderness for two weeks. Lived in France for seven months.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach basic taiko skills and philosophy. Some say I give good life advice, though I'm starting to think there is greater merit in keeping such things to myself and being sympathetic instead. Things I want to know include western herbalism, gardening and woodshop skills. Also, any language besides English is fascinating to me.