I am a retired school psychologist, 74, visiting Ireland for ten days with my daughter Carolina, 24. I am a traveler, most recently right around the globe with Semester at Sea, but also in Colombia, Viet Nam, Thailand, Panama, Spain, and England. She is a graduate student, a tennis player, and a traveler too, and she wants me to see the Ireland she loved visiting in 2016. With my wife Nancy Janus (see her couchsurfing page) we have hosted many couch surfers from Europe, Australia, the U.S. and other places at our home in Bradenton. In Ireland above all I want to see the countryside and the villages, and if I can find them, my people who came from Ireland just before the first world war.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Above all I want to meet people and have good talks, share my life, share the lives of my hosts.

Interests

• writing
• meditation
• live music
• art history
• film photography
• good food
• clarinet

Music, Movies, and Books

classical music, straight ahead jazz, folk and world music. I love the books of Doris Kearns Goodwin, Edgar Cayce , Paul Solomon, Paul Caponigro, Ansel Adams, Simeon Berry. For movies, The Green Mile, Atonement, Master and Commander, Restoration.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailed for four months on Semester at Sea: made many friends, visited Germany, Spain, Ghana, South Africa, India, Myanmar, Viet Nam, Cambodia, China, Japan, all in 2017.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have taught meditation, journaling, and dream groups all my adult life. I write and occasionally publish.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories!