CURRENT MISSION

I am a Thomas J. Watson Fellow (watsonfellowship.org) studying bicycle cultures on 4 continents.

ABOUT ME

I love to ride bicycles with both old and new friends. I enjoy the new smells and unique habits that come along with unfamiliar places. I enjoy Mountains and Buildings for different reasons, and I am prone to investigate the history of people and places in order to learn more about the world around me. I enjoy reading novels, but I am more content to read about what actually happened. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is my favorite author as I find his prose to be a lullaby for the spirit. Whats more, he is able to blend the ideas of this world with characters of his own making.

I live in a hostel which I helped to found 8 years ago, and I play in bands that have traveled throughout the United States and Europe.

I take people seriously, except when its time to be silly, and I try to honor the unique paths that we each walk in life.

I also like to feel cold breezes across my nose.

PHILOSOPHY

"To know that one life has breathed easier because of you--this is to have lived" Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live in a hostel in Memphis, TN. Though it costs money to stay here, I am happy to put people up in quaint quarters in the back part of my room.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have traveled in Europe and the United States playing music and never had to pay money to stay somewhere. It seems unnecessary to me. So, I want to be a part of an intentional effort to keep people safe and engaged in new places.

Interests

Bicycling, history, urban planning, Europe, theology, Central and South America, Australia, China, maps, guitars, punk music, lakes and rivers, mountains, people.

• writing
• reading
• music
• punk music
• guitar
• cartography
• divinity
• history
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

100 Years of Solitude, Many Minds-One Heart: SNCC's Vision for a New America, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Leatherface (the band), Articles of Faith, Talib Kweli, Frankie Stubbs

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Cycled half way across the United States on my bicycle. .

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a bicycle mechanic. I have been trained as an undergraduate historian. I have worked in a hostel for many years. I started a successful community bicycle program. I play the rock guitar for a couple of bands, and I am always eager to hear new music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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