I live in a straw bale house at Red Earth Farms community adjacent to Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in the northeastern Missouri. Before I came to Missouri I lived in San Francisco for 18 years working as a graphic desgner for Public Media Center.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel a lot for natural building jobs and occasionally need a place to stay overnight.

Interests

• graphic design
• meditation
• poker
• permaculture
• natural building
• cold-water swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Coltrane, Van Morrison, Blue Scholars, War on Drugs
Glengary Glen Ross, The Big Lebowsky, Michael Clayton
The Time Traveler's Wife, A Confederacy of Dunces, The Unsettling of America

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in a Benedictine monastery.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Usually travel with banjo and guitar. Love to talk about natural building and other non-conventional memes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Egypt, Greece, India, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland