CURRENT MISSION

To teach and to live, to love and laugh and to count the stars

ABOUT ME

"We are here to help each other through this thing, whatever it is"
- Kurt Vonnegut

PHILOSOPHY
Be kind.
Go with the Tao,
pay attention to serendipitous moments;
there are no accidents.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy hosting often, and do my best to show people the local hot spots and fun to-dos when I'm in California, Maryland or Ohio. I want to show the non cs-ing world that this whole CS experiment works and is wonderful (also, to make sure you've read my profile, and are not blindly cut copy and pasting me, please type AHOY! into the subject bar when contacting me, thanks!).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosting, surfing, you know the deal

Interests

People, my pups, sustainability (agroforestry, permaculture, earth building, gardening, etc.) banjo, ukulele, guitar, drums, bass, home-brewing, alchemy, I Ching, parkour, culture, poetry, languages, amazing sights, natural beauty, the all too real and the surreal, ah-hah moments, hiking, seeing everything

• culture
• poetry
• beauty
• gardening
• guitar
• drums
• hiking
• surfing
• golf
• languages
• nature
• sustainability
• permaculture
• farming
• natural building

Music, Movies, and Books

I don't own many things, but here are a few books I do own:

The Stranger- Camus,
Siddartha - Herman Hesse,
The Revolution Will not be Microwaved - Sandor Elix Katz,
Permaculture: A Designer's Manual - Bill Mollison,
The Resilient Farm and Homestead - Ben Falk

As for music, some favorites include:
The old time folks like Doc Boggs, Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie Parr
and the new time folks such as Animal Collective,
Grizzly Bear, Sleepy Suns, Dirty Projectors.
I play in a band called Terros (can be found on Bandcamp and facebook)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

It's been a life goal to see all of the new 7 wonders of the world. So far I've been to 4 of them.

Teach, Learn, Share

Couchsurfing is only one part of the puzzle, l feel, towards the development of a worldwide sense of community, compassion and understanding built on a person to person basis.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'd be happy to contribute some time to beautifying your home -- I'm a Permaculture Designer/Teacher/Landscaper/Farmer by trade -- either that or I will just do something nice for you and not say anything about it :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, Thailand, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Thailand, United States

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