CURRENT MISSION

To be free, and help others

ABOUT ME

Hello! I am

passionate, curious, adventurous, attentive
an aspiring novelist
a vegetarian
a listener to Neil Young and doo-wop
a reader of many books
a closet theologist
a part-time artist
an organizer, a list-maker, a leader
Buddhist
animal-lover
loyal friend.

PHILOSOPHY

"All good things are wild and free." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Not at the moment! Looking forward to when I can again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with four incredible hosts in England in April 2011.

Interests

Writing, horseback riding, nature, travel, religion, social history, psychology, art, culture, myth and folklore, literature.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• literature
• singing
• folklore
• vegetarian
• meditation
• traveling
• guitar
• equestrian
• history
• psychology
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
Catch-22
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog (Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD)
The Golden Compass
Over Sea, Under Stone (Susan Cooper)
Bleak House
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
A High Wind in Jamaica (Jean Rhys)
The Yearling
Neverwhere
On Writing (Stephen King)
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
Dubliners (Joyce)
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Catcher in the Rye
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Never Let Me Go
The Kite Runner
A Tale of Two Cities
Angela's Ashes
The Things They Carried
A Farewell to Arms (Hemingway)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Joy-Luck Club (Amy Tan)
That Night
A Simple Heart (Flaubert)
The Hour of the Star
The Bonesetter’s Daughter (Amy Tan)
Frankenstein
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)

MUSIC
The Band
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Folk-rock
Indie-folk
Doo-wop
Traditional ballads/folk
James Taylor
Paul Simon: "GRACELAND"
Beethoven
Bach
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Berlioz
Billy Holiday
Tom Waits
The Clash
50s rock
The Supremes
The Felice Brothers
Marvin Gaye and other Motown

MOVIES
"Ram Dass: Fierce Grace" (documentary)
"Catch-22"
"Amadeus"
"Mean Streets"
"Taxi Driver"
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
"Alice Neel" (documentary)
"The Blues Brother"
"A Hard Day's Night"
"MASH"
The Marx Brothers
"Help!"
"The Lion King"
"The Royal Tenenbaums"
"Schindler's List"
"This Is England"
"Wall-E"
"Finding Nemo"
"The Town"
"Despicable Me"
"The Constant Gardener"
The Bourne Trilogy
"The Good Shepherd"
"Life Is Beautiful"
"Amelie"
"Yellow Submarine"
"The Pianist"
"Boondock Saints"
"Meet the Parents"
"Fanny and Alexander"
"Death at a Funeral"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hmm...I've written the equivalent of 19 full-length novels in the past 13 years?

I've sat six week-long meditation retreats.

Traveled around England for the month of April 2011 by myself. Happiest time of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play decent guitar and sing, am told I give incredible massages, and am good with words and listening. I love to learn about people, and different ways of seeing the world, and ways to balance the practical necessities of everyday life with adventure and creative, spontaneous living.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States