CURRENT MISSION

The good life

ABOUT ME

I do not know . . . ask me . . .

PHILOSOPHY

A good wine is complex not complicated

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Was given wonderful tours of Cordoba & Sevilla, and was well received in Granada.

Interests

Walking, Running, Hill Climbing, Canoeing, Photography, History, Philosophy (Existentialism, Phenomenology), Politics, Writing, Olives, Duck, Wine

• writing
• photography
• wine
• running
• walking
• politics
• canoeing
• rock climbing
• history
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Antonioni: L'Avventura, La Notte, Blowup, . . .
Fellini: 8 & 1/2 by Fellini, City of Women, . . .
Lang: Metropolis, Dr. Mabuse, M, The Woman in the Window, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, . . .

Lhasa
The Cure
Depeche Mode
The Police
Miles Davis
Jacques Brel
Edith Piaf
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong
Rachmaninov
Mozart

Machiavelli: The Prince, The Discourses, The Art of War, . . .
Italo Calvino: short stories
Robert Fisk: articles, The Great War for Civilisation: the conquest of the Middle East
Robert Pirsig: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair
Lovecraft: Mountains of Madness, . . .

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Summoned Native Fire Spirits
Snuck into Christmas Mass at the Vatican (back in the Jean Paul II days)
Told an entire train of Front National supportors where they could go

Teach, Learn, Share

I will think on this one . . .

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Spain, United States