Learning, making music, nature, genuine interactions, conversation, good food, new and old faces, new and old places, deconstructing narratives

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

now have a residence after a phase of lots of movement. surfed then, hosting now!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed in Colombia and Ecuador, stays that ended up being huge parts of what I took away from my 2 months traveling. Have surfed in the States as well. Have hosted several times, folks from Mexico, California, Canada and other places, and have always enjoyed it.

Interests

avoiding/battling mindless consumption, philosophizing, interesting conversation, the out-o'-doors, rivers, mountains, bikes and riding them, the earth and roaming it, public land, random, bizarre, and/or meaningful interactions with other people, learning

• dining
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

all music

Sid Marty - Men for the Mountains
Junot Diaz - Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Hesse - Demian
Mark Twain
To Kill A Mockingbird

Jarmusch films, good 'uns

Lately Fugazi, Justin Townes Earle, Soulquarians, Menahan Street Band and Budos Band, Bo Diddley, Elmore James, Hillstomp, Grupo Niche, Dorothy Ashby..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Completed a season as a wilderness ranger in Wyoming without being mauled by a bear or crushed by a falling tree.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share some guitar chords, my ears, my opinion on what makes a photograph amazing, my take on life, conversation..

I enjoy witnessing other people's lives.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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