CURRENT MISSION

To be like a fox walking on ice...

ABOUT ME

I strive to be a better Buddhist and truly live my life for the benefit of all human beings. I drink too much strong coffee. I love to garden, especially with young people, and I cook almost everything with loads of garlic and black pepper.

PHILOSOPHY

"When I look at your face, I want to let go and share your madness, which I carry inside of me like a secret and cannot conceal any more. I am full of acute, awesome joy. It is the joy one feels when one has accepted death and disintegration, a joy more terrible and more profound than the joy of living, of creating." -Anais Nin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

uggh. minimally. Couch Surfing is great, but I am a pretty low-maintenance participant. Feel free to shoot me a request and try to change that!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I really enjoy hosting, although it's rare that anyone travels through my parts of the world (redneck Massachusetts and rebel Sudan)

Interests

I love excellent literature. I love discussions with anthropologists (of all sorts). I love breathing deep when the neem trees are in blossom. I love homesteading-type arts like lacto-fermented pickling and knitting endless sweaters and harvesting raspberries.

• arts
• literature
• cooking
• coffee
• walking
• drinking
• gardening
• knitting
• homesteading
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Pan's Labyrinth, Blood Diamond, No Country For Old Men, Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, Darjeeling Limited. Music: American roots music! Folk, rock and roll, funk, gospel, classic rock, country, blues. Some of my favorite authors include Gary Snyder, John Steinbeck, Tom Robbins, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, bell hooks, Jaimie DeAngulo, Wendell Berry, Reggie Ray, Oscar Acosta, Hunter Thompson, Phillip Whalen, Michael Ondaatje.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

If I say that at least one was at a Phish show, will you judge me?

Countries I’ve Visited

Burkina Faso, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guinea, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Rwanda, Spain, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sudan, Uganda, United States

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