CURRENT MISSION

venturing myself someway about the coast from Amsterdam to Lisbon on a borrowed and mended bicycle named Bertha

ABOUT ME

I kind of have a weakness for dive-y bars with microphones that let me sing show tunes.

PHILOSOPHY

Carry on.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Always surprising

Interests

All foods except Jell-O. Pocket sized musical instruments, esp. Shaker Eggs and Kazoo's. Adventures. Green growing things and all there cozy wee homes. Minature homes, especially ones in trees, with moss roofs. Raw cream, by the spoonful.

• singing

Music, Movies, and Books

keith jarrett, oscar peterson, art tatum, dave brubeck,ella fitzgerald, louis armstrong, frank sinatra, billy holiday, nina simone, ani difranco, joni mitchell, the band, michael franti, great lake swimmers, sarah slean, kris demeanor, neil young, neil diamond, fleetwood mac, blue rodeo, leo sayer, bon iver, xavier rudd, joan baez, james taylor, joe purdy, hayes carll, gillian welch, pete seeger, old crow medicine show, bob dylan, all show tunes, karaoke, taj mahal, rain.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Taj Mahal.
Watching the Sun set over Alaska on the West Coast of Haida-Gwaii.
My friends baby being born.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, France, Greece, India, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Kingdom