CURRENT MISSION

NOW...WOW!!

ABOUT ME

Was a mailman for 20 years. Worked ten years as a recreation therapist. Drove school bus for 6 years and a taxi for 2 weeks. One year doing door to door canvasing for an environmental organization. Played in various Senior Softball national tournaments. Started singing lessons late in life and my teacher was awesome. I have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Divorced and been single for a long time. I may be the oldest person to perform in the All-Campus Review at Texas State University when I was 44 years old. I lived in Commons Hall which was for older students and we put together a blues band and I sung and played harmonica. I named us The Uncommon Commons Hall Blues Band. We weren't very good but it was a lot of fun.

PHILOSOPHY

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Most of my life has been controlled by fear. I used to think life was about comfort...but it isn't. I now choose adventure instead of neurosis. Life is now!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've use it to go to California to attend the Science and Nonduality Conference, my trip to The Netherlands, attend a Society for American Baseball Research National Convention in Houston, and last October attended the International Conference on the Blues at Delta State in Cleveland, Mississippi thanks to a couple of very gracious and knowledgeable CSing hosts.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In the 70s I hitch-hiked from Ft. Worth to Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. Then down to Alabama and back to Texas. Great memories. My trip to Holland was so beautiful. First time out of the states. Didn't think it would happen.

Interests

Member of the Society For American Baseball Research, more as a fan than researcher. Performed in four musical plays in the last 12 years. I tell baseball stories. Performed The Last Inning at FronteraFest at Hyde Park Theatre in Austin, Texas. You can see that on YouTube. Just type in...The Last Inning.

• singing
• performing arts
• festivals
• jazz
• blues
• hiking
• baseball
• softball
• teaching
• science
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Bladerunner one of my favorite movies. I like Documentaries. All kinds of music but Aqualung by Jethro Tull is still at the top of my list. Love da blues. Read mostly nonfiction but have read To Kill a Mockingbird twice. Enjoy live theater.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Been to the Baseball Hall of Fame three times, 1959, 89, and 2017. Hitch-hiking from Texas to Ann Arbor, Michigan for Jazz and Blues Festival to Alabama back to Texas in the 70s. Not amazing but returned to college in my 40s. Saw Frank Zappa at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. Now that was amazing. Couchsurfed with a friend on Long Island to attend Babe Ruth Conference in 95 and Jackie Robinson Conference in 97.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach baseball I guess. Learn what the hosts have to offer.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Just the ups and downs of living to be this old.

Countries I’ve Visited

India, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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