CURRENT MISSION

Have guitar, will travel.

ABOUT ME

I've had the great fortune to be able to live many places growing up and to find a line of work I love that takes me to so many of the beautiful natural places -- for the last 4 years I have been working building and maintaining trails within the National Parks system and searching for adventure between seasons.

PHILOSOPHY

I heard Ernesto Cardenal in a poetry reading say (trans.) , "From cosmic dust we come, and to cosmic dust we will return." That made me think, though, that really, on the cosmic scale, we _are_ dust... rather intricately organized... dust, water, and light...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've mostly been travelling and working, and not really able to surf or host very much! Mostly, CS has been helpful finding new friends in the places I am moving to!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've gone on a few day-adventures with folks from couchsurfing, again, not having much opportunity to provide a hosting situation.

Interests

Bike Riding, Sustainability, Connectedness, System Design, Meditation, Yoga, Cooking, Vegetables, Frugality, Reading, Music, Alternative News, Camping, Guitar, Drumming, Picking Up Garbage, Juggling, Ultimate Frisbee/Disc Golf, Singing, Swimming, Learning, Teaching, Childishness, Looking at Things and Thinking About Them, Questioning My Own Answers, Happenstance, Miracles, Science, Fiction, Folk Lore and Folk Wisdom, Intentional Communities, Indigenous and Modern Cultures, Vision and Relatedness

• poetry
• singing
• design
• cooking
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• news
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• swimming
• golf
• science
• parks
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Permaculture: Principals & Pathways Beyond Sustainability; Albert Einstein, Thoughts and Ideas; The Arcology of Paolo Soleri; Foxfire; Hesiod, Works and Days & Theogony; 2001: A Space Odyssey; The Omnivore's Dillema; Robert Heinlein, Time Enough For Love; Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan;

Music: Live music, acoustic music, world music, roots music.

Movies: Harvey, Nell, Baraka, The Koyaaniqatsi Trilogy, Dr. Strangelove, The Razor's Edge, The Muppet Movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camping in the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest in Arizona, Backpacking the Finger Lakes Trails in Central New York, 4-years-running making and maintaining trail, Summiting Mt. St. Helens at sunrise, Hiking the Avenue of the Giants in California, Hiking the Eel River, Growing Puppies, Having Been Born, Waking Up Yet Again, This Very Breath

Well, that is plenty more than one. But why just one?

Teach, Learn, Share

I am currently learning. I can point you to some excellent online resources for Spanish language study.

Peace is the only answer!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States