CURRENT MISSION

the four noble truths . . .

ABOUT ME

super gregarious and bookish; love meeting new people, and, lately, doing handstands, headstands, and half pigeon. I don't eat anything that walks, swims, or flies, but I also don't evangelize.

PHILOSOPHY

be open, compassionate, and fully present.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

connecting with other interesting people at home and on the road

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

newbie

Interests

ideas of all kinds; yoga; beautiful spaces--natural and man-made; vegetarian cooking; performance of all kinds; long, winding, conversations.

• performing arts
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga

Music, Movies, and Books

_Invisible Man_ changed my life, I teach American/African American lit, so too many to name, but I'll just mention Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, Faulkner, Morrison, William Carlos Williams, TS Eliot, ee cummings, Flannery O'Connor, Nabokov, Chris Ware,

Just saw "the diving bell and the butterfly"--amazing. favorite movie is Stardust Memories, Woody Allen's under-appreciated masterpiece.

more recently, iron and wine, the strokes, interpol, ray lamontaigne, but lately it's been mostly Pandora picking cool stuff for me. older stuff, smiths, beatles, coltrane

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

was invited by Julia Wright to participate in a commemorative ritual at Richard Wright's grave in Père Lachaise Paris.