During the 25 years I have taught at the college level, my home has often been a melting pot of students discussing music, culture, or organizing a hiking or climbing trip. I'm now in a career that doesn't provide that contact, but my hospitality remains.

International visitors, please note: "New York" refers both to the well-known city, but also the large state containing it. I live in Rochester, New York, a city 500 kilometers from New York City.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

When I was younger, I played Ultimate Frisbee, a sport where hospitality exchange at that time was an important part of the culture.

兴趣

• literature
• classical music
• mountaineering
• astronomy
• films
• socialism

音乐、电影和书籍

I collect historical performances of classical music, from a period when it was much more of a living and experimental art form. I also have a collection of world cinema, including classics from the silent era. My library is heavy on physics and astronomy, nature, music, and political theory.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I've been very fortunate to mix several of my interests on occasion, one of the more fun was to climb an 18,300 foot peak in the Andes to deploy instrumentation to assess the quality of the mountain as a possible astronomical observatory.

我游览过的国家

Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Chile, England, France, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, Turkey