CURRENT MISSION

Visit every county in South and Central America, but slowly, slowly

ABOUT ME

I have a weakness for sushi, T.S. Eliot, and songs about the difference between how things are and how they should be.

I write short, short love stories and people publish them sometimes. (I think all short stories are love stories, and all love stories are short stories.)

I will learn Spanish, by george, if I have to die trying.

PHILOSOPHY

Learn something new everyday

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never Couchsurfed, but have met plenty of surfers at meetups in Bogota, Colombia

Interests

Reading, writing flash fiction, unrequited love, politics, Appalachia, South America, history, sociology, anthropology, education, microlending, blogging, social media, genealogy

• writing
• education
• politics
• reading
• blogging
• anthropology
• communications
• teaching
• genealogy
• history
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors - Tawni O'Dell, Sharyn McCrumb, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Junot Diaz, T. S. Eliot, Tawni O'Dell, Alice Hoffman, Larry Brown, William Faulkner, Emily Bronte, Rick Bragg, Joseph Boyden, Lee Smith, Amy Tan, Maeve Binchy, Gail Tsukiyama, George R. R. Martin, Anna Quindlen; Movies - Farewell My Concubine, Fight Club, Lord of War, City of God, Casablanca, Seabiscuit, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Breakfast Club, Bowling for Columbine, The Princess Bride

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When a stranger asked ME for directions on the streets of Bogota, Colombia. I'd been staying there for almost two months and suddenly had that disorienting feeling of someone thinking I lived there... and actually being able to give coherent directions!

Seeing old names hand carved into stone by their bearers, such as near Fort Laramie in Wyoming (I can't remember the name of the place now!) or Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia. I get an equal thrill when doing genealogical research and seeing my ancestor's signatures or X marks.

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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