CURRENT MISSION

Dance and play old time music as much as I can.

ABOUT ME

I swing dance and blues dance, play simple rhythm guitar to old time fiddling, and have a variety of interests that I pursue passionately. I like meeting people from other places and have traveled in at least a dozen countries and all over the U.S. I get along with people of all ages and have a particular interest in science. I love speaking Italian whenever I get a chance.

PHILOSOPHY

If it's not a good time, it will make a good story later.

Some things that are good for your soul are a little hard on your body.

What Would Carl Sagan Do?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new here so I haven't yet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to this group. Completely. However, I've couchsurfed - both as a surfer and a host - in my dance communities and in my life with friends for decades.

Interests

Swing/Lindy, blues dancing, old time music, cooking, Italian language, birds, science, literature, travel, skepticism, authenticity, good conversation, language, culture, neuroscience, pain science, ecology . . .

• birds
• culture
• literature
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• blues
• ecology
• neuroscience
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Mists of Avalon, Babette's Feast, Bob Dylan, Demon-Haunted World, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Grand Canyon. I'll never forget the first time I saw it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'll have to get back to this.