CURRENT MISSION

Learn, Live, and Love

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surf and host when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed a little bit when driving across country, and I've hosted once.

Interests

Permaculture and other organic goodness (farming/gardening), Snowboarding, Worm-castings and sheet mulching, Music, Traveling, Camping, cooking, concerts, frisbee & frisbee golf, hiking/biking/swimming/climbing/cliff jumping (anything out doors), Building top soil, photography, Herbal healing and nutritional health, more music, slack-lines, banjos, reading, shiitakes & Maitakes & Reishis (Oh My!)

• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• snowboarding
• cliff jumping
• rock climbing
• swimming
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Arlo guthrie, Allman brothers, almeda riddle, apache indian, ani difranco, B.B. King, Bassnectar, Beach Boys, Beatles, Beck, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Bill Monroe, Billie Holiday, Billy Boy Arnold, Black Uhuru, Blind Melon, Bo Diddley, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, buddy Guy, burning Spear, Charlie Christian, Chicago Farmer, Chuck Berry, Cornmeal, Culture, cream, Curtis Mayfield, Damian Marley, David Girsman, derek Trucks, Dj Logic, Dj Shadow, Django Reinhardt, Doc Watson (Richard Watson too!), Donovan, The Doors, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Erykah Badu, The Ethiopians, Frank Zappa, Funkadelic, Galactic, G.F.E., Godspeed YBE, Grateful Dead!, Greyboy allstars, Herbie Hancock, Hot buttered Rum String band, Howlin' Wolf, incubus (not their new shit), Macy gray, Marcus Miller, Israel Vibrations, Jack johnson, jaco Pastorius, james brown, Janis joplin, Jerry garcia band, jim Croce, Jimi Hendrix, jimmy Cliff, joe cocker, Joe Higgs, John coltrane, john Hartford, John lee hooker, John lennon, john mayall, John mclaughlin, john scofield, Jon Gamache (where/who ever you are), Joni Mitchell, junior wells, karl Denson, keller williams, Leadbelly, Lee "scratch" Perry, Les Claypool, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louis Prima, Luther Allison, Marvin Gaye, Mavis staples; Medeski, martin and wood; Merle Haggard, the Meters, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Mountain Ramblers, Muddy Waters, Nat King Cole, New riders of the purple sage, nick drake, nine inch nails, nirvana, old & in the way, old crow medicine show, oliver mtukudzi, otis day and the knights, paul simon, peter tosh, phish, pink floyd, radio zumbido, ravi shankar, ray charles, red hot chili peppers, restoring poetry in music, RJD2, rob wasserman, robert johnson, robert randolph, the roots, sam bush, santana, samadhi vibe, Shen horng, Shpongle, Sierra Leone's Refugee allstars, skatalites, snoop dogg, bone thugs n harmony, soul position, sound tribe sector 9, steve winwood, sublime, Stevie Wonder!, taj mahal, talking heads, ted hawkins, thelonious monk, thievery corp., tool, tori amos, toubab krewe, a tribe called quest, truckstop honeymoon, tub ring, van morrison, vassar clements, victor wooten, ween, wes montgomery, willie nelson, wookiefoot, yonder mountain string band, 311... of course more, but I'll leave it at that so not to go overboard.

Movies: Waking Life, What the Bleep do we know, Big Lebowski, blow, garden state, alice in wonderland, a beautiful mind, almost famous, punch drunk love, into the wild, layer cake, resevoir dogs, donnie darko, wayne's world, superbad, amelie, sunshine of the spotless mind, superfly, fear and loathing in las vegas

Books:
Gaia's Garden (guide to permaculture), Cat's Cradle, Hidden Messages in water, Another roadside attraction, Half Asleep in frog pajamas, villa incognito, Mycellium Running (how mushrooms can help save the world), Doa of pooh, Prescription fo Herbal Healing & Prescription for natrual Healing, crime and punishment, web that has no weaver, the art of happiness, Gonzo... so many more

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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