Grew up in Northern Ontario. Spent teenage years in Chicago. Took Social work in Toronto and worked for many years in mental health related roles. Was active in sailing and camping. Am a single parent of a grown son.
Love the ocean and travel. Enjoy clothing optional resorts and beaches. Prefer to winter in Florida, or somewhere warm. Find I have more energy to devote to current career if I do not have to shovel snow and carry wood.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Enjoy meeting new people, and hosting. Live by the ocean, beautiful location but rural, not a lot of community around.

Interests

Main focus is in prepping current series of books for my publisher and renewing the aging decks around my home

• writing
• travel
• naturist
• entertaining
• sailing boat
• entertaining. making wine
• life form drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

Love Jazz, Classical and Rock. Was married for 30 years to a classical pianist. Widowed three years ago. Enjoy reading adventures, WW2 stories both actual and fiction. Anything involving boats and the sea. Write mostly fiction adventures, a series of detective books and a series of vampire novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Besides raising a son, the one most amazing adventure that I had was being suddenly rushed by a guide from the edge of the mount Etna crater when it suddenly decided to erupt. Like the others with me we wanted to stay a bit longer to watch. What the hell, better to have your epilog read that you blew sky high in an eruption, than lingering for years in an old age home.

Teach, Learn, Share

Love to share the special places in my area, beaches that are miles long and all but deserted. Enjoy explaining the processes involved in making wine directly from grapes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Secluded private beach and grounds, music, art, cooking, talk of world travel

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States