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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Italian
  • 69, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Writer, Policy Analyst
  • Grad degree
  • From Syracuse, NY, USA
  • Profile 80% complete

About Me

I'm a writer and policy analyst about to be laid off from my job at the Port of Seattle. Planning on hitting Europe this summer. It's my present to myself now that I've hit the big 60's.

I lean left, but am not into dogma. I write political analysis (look me up on Counterpunch) but also fiction.

I'm at the place in my life where it's time for a fresh adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Being laid off, even with unemployment, I'm interested in making the pennies last as long as possible. And since I plan on traveling light, I see advantages in this way.

Interests

Politics, sci-fi, travel, prehistory, culture, economics, alternative economics, Russian history (early Soviet), English history (Tudor, etc).

  • culture
  • writing
  • cooking
  • politics
  • traveling
  • economics
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

Wizard of Oz, The Usual Suspects, Do the Right Thing, the Matrix. Any book by Twain, Dickens, Hemingway, or Steinbeck. Lots of history, especially medieval.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fell off a waterfall out in the country in the middle of the night, and lived to tell the tale.

Teach, Learn, Share

Cooking for others is a pleasure for me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My cooking skills.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, England, Mexico

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