CURRENT MISSION

I want to laugh and make people laugh. I want to create and enjoy creative activities. I want to be more comfortable venturing out of my comfort zone and into the great unexplored realms of the Earth.

ABOUT ME

I enjoy the company of my cute kitty cats.

I picked up the trombone in elementary school because it is a funny instrument. My tone deafness got in the way of making it more than just funny. I recorded Christmas songs with a friend and made people laugh at the horror.

Dark chocolate peanut butter cups are a never-ending source of inspiration.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live, for a start. And both parts are important.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I opened my home for guests in Virginia and I am happy now to have room to do so again here in Birmingham.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted a guy once.

visited 34 states (68%)Create your own visited map of The United States or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

Interests

Talk and read and write economics and economic history and history of economic thought. Hike and walk and jog. I like to bake pies.

I dance! Contra dancing and just plain move-to-the-music dancing -- especially to '60s music.

• cats
• writing
• dancing
• chocolate
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• economics
• history
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Astrud Gilberto, Isaac Albeniz, Air, and Paul Simon. Rolling Stones's "Beggars Banquet." Northern Soul.

I like Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O'Connor. I like Roald Dahl.

I like the Coen brothers and Wes Anderson. I like Kubrick.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

An elephant farted in my face. (Okay, just kidding.) I was pretty impressed by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem! I found God for a few days before he drifted away again.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd like to learn a lot of things! Knitting, maybe, for one thing. Making chocolates. Writing short stories.

I suppose I can teach a thing or two about supply and demand, rational choice, spontaneous order, political economy, and cetera!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States