I'm a former expat/teacher who's back in the States (for now) working from home as an English-language editor. My better half will be in Washington, DC, for most of the summer, so I'm reopening my place to guests.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I do Couchsurfing because everyone needs a place to crash sometimes.

Interests

• literature
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• gardening
• trivia
• board games
• cycling
• hiking
• snorkeling
• swimming
• bowling
• history
• driving
• islands
• the beatles
• vinyl records
• grocery stores
• petty gambling

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a Beatlemaniac but also dig Talking Heads, Pavement, Paul Simon, Guided by Voices, R.E.M., Built to Spill, Aretha, Radiohead, Ween, Polvo, Ry Cooder, Wilco, Iggy, the Replacements, Wire, Cake, Giant Sand, Thee Oh Sees, Allman Bros, PE, New Pornographers, the Jesus Lizard, and all the hits. I've recently been getting more into Wand, Jonathan Richman, Juana Molina, and the Police.

The best movies I've seen include Dog Day Afternoon, The Idiots, Rumble Fish, Home Alone 2, Apocalypse Now, Being John Malkovich, Bicycle Thieves, Boogie Nights, Man Bites Dog, the Mighty Ducks, A Fish Called Wanda, Killer of Sheep, Toy Story, The Third Man, Macbeth (by Pulanski), etc.

The best works I've read include Gulliver’s Travels, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, True History of the Kelly Gang, Ragtime, Hunger, Winesburg, OH, Moby-Dick, Housekeeping, Cane, The Canterbury Tales, Animal's People, My Ántonia, Blood Meridian, Tristram Shandy, all of Percival Everett's novels, and nearly anything by Thomas Pynchon. I both love and have serious problems with J.M. Coetzee's and Joseph Conrad's novels. My favorite prose writer is James Baldwin or M.H. Kingston, and my favorite poet is John Donne, Adrienne Rich, Dr. Seuss, or Charles Bukowski.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Won a dual-deck boom box for collecting the most donations for leukemia at my school in 1999...recovered from a shattered, dislocated elbow in 2018

Teach, Learn, Share

I've taught English, I've been through school, and I know how to share.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, beer...just ask

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Taiwan, United States