CURRENT MISSION

making old time music in Scotland & Ireland

ABOUT ME

I'm in Newton NC (in August) after many years in Boone NC, and when not running a biodiesel plant at the EcoComplex, working on a PhD at NCA&T in Energy and Environmental systems.
I am a musician and enjoy all types of music especially toe-tapping old-time fiddle music. I enjoy traveling and have traveled quite a bit in Latin America after serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay. I speak Spanish, Guarani, and Portuguese.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life, a blessing itself. Be good to your mother and mother earth. Kindness is contagious.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope to link up to travelers & locals of similar interests to play music, enjoy a yerba mate, or just hang out.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None to date. Excited at the prospects of meeting like minded people. I've done a fair amount of traveling myself and think CS is a great resource.

Interests

Sustainable energy, local food, gardening, community, permaculture, bike commuting, Stringed instruments, old-time fiddle, contra & square dancing, juggling, fermentation, brewing, yerba mate, indigenous knowledge, planting trees, making biodiesel, yoga, pilates, running, hiking, being in the appalachian mountains.

• dancing
• dining
• yoga
• pilates
• running
• clubbing
• gardening
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The Mission, Alfred Hitchcock presents, Slumdog Millionaire...

Doc Watson, Tommy Jarrell, Yo-yo Ma, Bach, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Portastatic, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Cash, Cure, Carolina Chocolate Drops

Cry the beloved county, Everything I want to do is illegal, Green Collar Economy, Siddartha, Eckart Tole,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Took a 10 day rafting trip on the Colorado River through Grand Canyon.

Teach, Learn, Share

Guitar, mando, fiddle -can teach and share
Language - can teach and share

Juggling- would like to learn to pass juggle and do clubs.

Fermented foods- I enjoy making kraut, kimchi, kombucha, kefir, wild food experiments. Would be happy to show anyone interested.

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