CURRENT MISSION

Travel, travel, travel; write, write, write

ABOUT ME

I am an English Professor in Jacksonville Florida. I love literature, reading, writing, chatting with all kinds of people, seeing new places, yoga, and eating well.

PHILOSOPHY

Evaluate! Experience! Hospitality!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couch surfed and hosted, mostly in Europe, the US, and Canada.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Love it!

Interests

I like learning, yoga, traveling, trying new food, reading, camping, swimming.

• writing
• literature
• dining
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• camping
• swimming
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
I love 1930s and 40s hollywood, especially pre-code and screwball:
Ball of Fire; Now, Voyager; Bringing up Baby
Italian Neorealism: Rome, Open City; Umberto D; Rizo Amaro; La Terra Trema
Wim Wenders
Ozu
Kurosawa
Renoir
Louis Malle

Music:
Music that fits the mood, music that makes you dance.

Books:
Where to begin? Some favorites: Faulkner, Dos Passos, David Foster Wallace, John Barth, Montaigne, Rabelais, Woolf, Flaubert, Baudelaire, Homer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask me!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a teacher by profession. I teach literature and writing as well as yoga.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Italy, United States