I'm a professional nerd, currently a poet and musician getting over a break-up with the US Army*.

That took me to Germany, Qatar, and Romania, but now I'm travelling and learning on my own account--I like building bridges more than building walls.

*Long story, but the short version is I joined young, had a six-year commitment out of college, did most of that part-time, and 2 years full-time.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I've been travelling all my life. As an Air Force brat, I lived in 2 countries, 5 states, and about 15 houses growing up.

The best way to learn a new place is to dive right in, meet people who live there, and give back in a way that you leave people and places better than you found them.

I've hosted friends of friends and traveling musicians, and been hosted in the same way, and I figured this was a more "official" way of doing it.

兴趣

• poetry
• photography
• swing dancing
• music
• art

音乐、电影和书籍

Acoustic folk of any country, whether Appalachian banjo, Delta blues, Gulf oud music, English rounds, or Romanian fiddle-playing. But I do love some good rock and roll, electronic, ambient, punk, choral, and Baroque.

A few favorite movies: Jeremiah Johnson, Hidden Figures, Pan's Labyrinth. And I'll be honest, the Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Toy Story trilogies. :-P

Authors: HD, Flannery O'Connor, Graham Greene, Patricia Lockwood, Robert Frost, Rainer Marie Rilke, Gerard Manley Hopkins, that prolific author Anonymous.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Watched the sunrise from above the clouds in the cockpit of a C-17? Played banjo in an Icelandic cave? Camped out on the Isle of Mull? Hitch-hiked (and picked up hitch-hikers) in Romania? Hiked the 20 miles along the sea-cliffs between Scarborough and Whitby?

Maybe I'm just easily impressed?

教，学，和分享

I can teach basic guitar skills (finger and flat-picking) and banjo (clawhammer), smatterings of German, Arabic, Spanish, and Albanian, and a fair bit of Romanian. And, well, English.

I'd love to get better at any of those languages (or any language), as well as learn a bit about sailing and any music that's rooted in where you live!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Banjo music, laughs galore, tips on places I've travelled, and...I could try to write a poem for ya?

Also, I love to cook...from a basic pasta dish or roast meat to vegan curries. I'd love to learn about your cuisine, and I'm happy to share what I know, too.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Jordan, Kuwait, Poland, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

England, Qatar, Romania, United States