part-time English professor/bartender living in Chicago.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've made some incredible friends this way, and it's always better to travel from the ground.

Interests

books, communities, organic farming, old toyota pickups, dive bars, 24hr diners, WWOOFing, good people.

• books
• baking
• traveling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heany, Pablo Neruda, East of Eden, Virginia Woolf, Alfred Tennyson, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Watership Down, Lord of the Rings.

Neil Young, Diane Cluck, Bardo Pond, Cocteau Twins, Johnny Cash, Will Oldham, Chicago noise/drone stuff.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm really good at baking bread.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Ecuador, France, Ghana, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States