CURRENT MISSION

to live in the moment and embrace chaos

ABOUT ME

I love learning, traveling, reading, writing, singing, and laughing. My interests include languages, math, the human mind, wilderness, homesteading, foraging, literature, and more.

PHILOSOPHY

Kindness over fairness.
Beards over babies.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've surfed a lot but have not been in a good position to host until now.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed everywhere from Tokyo to Freiburg. The experience of making friends and being generously hosted by locals is infinitely superior to staying in hostels.

Interests

languages, grammar, culture, literature, reproductive justice, education, politics, mathematics, the meaning of life, the universe, & everything, seeing the world, coffee, tea, beer, and wine, wilderness, camping and hiking

• culture
• writing
• literature
• singing
• education
• dining
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• homesteading
• hiking
• camping
• teaching
• languages
• law
• mathematics
• language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Regina Spektor, Ray LaMontagne, Cake, Cat Stevens, Elliott Smith, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Claire Lise, Jacques Brel, and Van Morrison, Josh Ritter, Kino, Trampled by Turtles, the Avett Brothers to name a few.

Books: "The Language Instinct" by Stephen Pinker; "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction" by J.D. Salinger; "The Forsyte Saga" by John Galsworthy; "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene; "Demons" and "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky; "War and Peace," "Anna Karenina," and "Resurrection" by Leo Tolstoy; short stories such as "A Joke," "The Opera Girl," and "Verochka" by Anton Chekhov; most any version of the Tristan legend; "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James; the poetry of Jacques Prevert and Victor Hugo; and so on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Desert sunsets in Golden Valley Wilderness, California. Frost and fog at -45 C. An old bearded wanderer dominating at mahjong. The sun rising over the Sierra Nevadas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love language exchanges and teaching or learning new board or card games.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, songs, games, stories...you name it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Moldova, Myanmar, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, Ukraine, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, Russian Federation, United States