CURRENT MISSION

Deepening love. Expanding knowledge.

ABOUT ME

I recently came back to AZ from a year wandering around the world - While out there, I was stunned by the kind of goodness I came across. I was moved to tears by the generosity of the people I met who otherwise would have remained perfect strangers. I found the line between strangers and family to be a very thin one - and one which blurs completely when you receive another with humility and compassion.
I have always been an optimist, but I never expected to receive such uninhibited kindness. Given the opportunity to do good... people do Amazing good!

And now I am back home, my feet once more on solid ground. I was blessed on my travels - now I want to help other wayfarers in turn. Let's keep the wheel moving!

PHILOSOPHY

We are the measure of our own infinite capacity. The only limit to the good we can do, or the greatness we can be - is just our own fear or laziness. Escape-velocity from these binds is just one step. Take the step and make the decision. Live for goodness. And live great!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a good number of surfing experiences while travelling - and all of them have been fantastic! This seems like the very best forum for people who want to explore the world - not for the museums, parks and national monuments, but to experience and understand the lives and culture of other, like-minded citizens of the World. Now, back at home, I am thoroughly enjoying the other half of the couchsurfing experience.. Hosting! It's such a joy to see the old and familiar with a person who brings fresh eyes to see it with. You are very welcome here!

Interests

I pass my time biking around town, enjoying Prescott's coffee shops and local music scene, reading, making music (on instruments or anything else that makes a novel sound), writing, juggling anything that I find 3 of, cooking, running, trekking, meditating, reveling in the out-doors, hitch-hiking, thinking, musing, pondering & wondering. And if it poses a daunting or unreasonable challenge..all the better!

• culture
• writing
• books
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• hitchhiking
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Waking Life, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, American Beauty, Brick, Forrest Gump, Planet Earth/Blue Planet

Music: Anything creative, original and made to be art.
- Top 5 - Tom Waits, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Paul Simon, Animal Collective

Current books/travel companions:
The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Un Altro Giro di Giostra, A Year in Thoreau's Journal-1851, Notturno Indiano, a book on harmonics & sound theory, some socialist rhetoric and the Qur'an.

I'm insatiably curious so anything that presents new ideas, intelligently - I like!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To name one?? Bicycling through Turkey and Syria

But it's all been amazing...25 years of beautiful life!!!
I've been travelling down this blessed path - maybe ours will cross!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States