CURRENT MISSION

To stir my own experience with the world. To laugh deeply with people. To love pragmatically, spiritually, deeply, constantly. Also I am looking to find good chess matches, excellent food recipes, and skip rocks in novel places. I wrote this when I first joined many years ago, and it is basically hasn't changed.

ABOUT ME

Well, any attempt at description ends up in abbreviation. So here goes. I am an adventuresome sort of person, both experientially and intellectually. I am often forced to climb a good tree when I see one and very often forced to read up on a wide range of topics. I pride myself on being able to know a lot of useless facts, but pride myself more on being kind, compassionate, genuine, and a good conversationalist. I am a bit extroverted but more introverted, so situations dictate what I will be when I meet you. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest of the United States where the forests are deep and the Mountains tall. I enjoyed a wide range of outdoor activities and very little Television growing up, for which I am now thankful. Also, I hope to one day play a game of Chess with a fully costumed group of people.

PHILOSOPHY

I would like to have the chance to laugh deeply with many people, receive and give wisdom, and learn to appreciate the still moments. Also, do no harm.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couchsurfed all through Europe and met the most wonderful people every time. I now turn my attention to hosting and saving money so I can travel again. I think this is a great idea. I'm for it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have stayed with many couchsurfers all through Europe. Made connections in Australia. Hosted a few Two and a half months of wonderful experiences with Couchsurfers.

Interests

My greatest interests are Artistic, including poetry, short stories, music, painting ect. I am an avid hiker and love the forested mountains. I snowboard as often as I can (which is easy now that I live and work at a ski resort in Colorado). I am very interested in the religions of the world and spiritual expressions of all kind.

• books
• poetry
• dining
• recipes
• chess
• traveling
• painting
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• skiing
• snowboarding
• religion
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Walking to Martha's Vinyard by Franz Wright, All Lord of the Rings books by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Confessions of Saint Augustine (though not always his theology), Ecclesiastes by Qoheleth, Grendel by John Gardner, Harry Potter, The Wild Iris by Loise Gluck The Leaf and the Cloud by Mary Oliver, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and Others by Shakespeare, The Dhammapada by Shakyamuni Buddha, The Metamorphoses by Franz Kafka, the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Ovid, Rainier Maria Rilke, Allen Ginsburg, Theodore Roethke, Isaiah, Lao Tzu, Lord Byron, William Blake, John Keats, Kahlil Gibran, and langston Hughes. I could go on, but have already ommitted too much to bear to admit any more. I cant even begin to talk of Music but here's a stab--Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Sufjan Stevens, Rage Against the Machine, Folk Music of all kinds, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Van Morrison, Manu Chau, Nirvana, Iron & Wine, Sigur Ros, The Doors, Modest Mouse, Bach, Tom Petty, Quichua Mashis, Tool, Bob Marley, Sinead O'Connor, Simon & Garfunkel, Richard Thompson, Pedro the Lion, The Flaming Lips, Led Zeppelin, Beck, The Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident, almost all variations of Jazz, Enya, anything Paul Simon, and Robert Sarazin Blake.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Green Mountain Trail in the North Cascade Mountains in Washington State is one of the most magnificent hikes I have ever been on. If you get a chance to do it, please do yourself a favor and hike it.

Teach, Learn, Share

When you pick a paw pom, or a prickly pear, and you prick a raw paw, then next time beware. Don't pick the prickly part with the paw when you pick a pear try to use the claw---Baloo the Bear.

Only you can prevent forest fires---Smokey the Bear

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