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Overview

  • 24 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning Guaraní, Korean
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • urban hillbilly
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  • From Rochester, New York
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

settle here in Sackville and build a life with my partner

ABOUT ME

life keeps changing. i work building edible landscapes with collectives on the north side of Montréal, and spend a lot of time at home, canning and writing and singing and playing banjo, writing letters, and of course, having lots of barbecues and potlucks with the folks that i love & share a home & a neighborhood with.

PHILOSOPHY

work with your heart, or don't work at all

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

facilitate exploration

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

thirteen countries and lots of friends!

Interests

abandoned buildings
busking
traditional songs
fiddle tunes
labor law
permaculture
contra dancing
house shows
homebrew
bikes
bookworms
comics
cuisines
food politics
radio
popular education

  • writing
  • singing
  • dancing
  • education
  • dining
  • recipes
  • wine
  • beer
  • vegetarian
  • gardening
  • politics
  • comics
  • homebrewing
  • teaching
  • law

Music, Movies, and Books

octavia butler
nietzsche
lots of john steinbeck
the new testament
the joy of cooking
blink
calvin and hobbes
margaret atwood

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

camped with a bunch of friendly hoboes and a cs friend in old ww2 bunkers on a cliff in nova scotia somewhere south of halifax, perfected my fire-building skills, drank lots of jim beam, bathed naked in tide pools, and saw tons of beluga whales, all in the same day!

Teach, Learn, Share

vegetarian recipes, bicycle repairs, gardening, folksongs, basic labour & immigration law, brewing beer, mead, and wine, secret places in the city, sound editing, sourdough, seitan!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Paraguay

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