Nature boy, amateur poet, perennial student. I grew up climbing trees, exploring secret ocean coves and playing in creeks with my twin sister, on a small island off the western coast of Canada. My bedroom was full of books, half-finished toffees and wizard memorabilia. And still is today.

Here are some words that others have written about me that I ask you to accept on faith, until we meet and become grateful for each other:

• "Welcoming"
• "Intelligent"
• "Friendly"
• "Peaceful"
• "Open minded"
• "Sunny"
• "Fun"
• "Expressive"
• "Considerate"
• "Good relationship with ego"

Some words other people have said that felt nice or true coming into my ears:

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"I recommend everybody with an unruly heart to watch a well-made water-wheel spinning in a brook."
— Moominpappa (Tove Jansson)

“I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

"I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.”
— John O'Donahue

"Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and likeness of a Maker. Why should a man be scorned, if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if, when he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?"
— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.”
— Gregory Bateson

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"As the Romany gypsies like to say, 'May God strike me down if I don’t finish this bottle with you, here tonight!' There is no other life."
— Martin Shaw

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only by association, so far. I'm looking forward to hosting (when I'm able) and surfing (when I need to). Most of all, I look forward to meeting other surfers!

Interests

Writing, reading, cooking, red wine, philosophy, wilderness.

• writing
• books
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• clothing
• reading
• bouldering
• surfing
• rock climbing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bouldering down/underneath a fifteen meter waterfall near the source of the Sooke River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia!

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Italy, United Kingdom