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Overview

  • 2 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 83, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Teach and perform music of India (Sitar),
  • MFA Music
  • From Wyandanch NY USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Work and play for peace

ABOUT ME

Besides my music work, my pastimes include gardening, reading, growing grapes and making wine, playing
tennis, spending time with my nearby family, traveling abroad.

PHILOSOPHY

Go deep into one thing

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My neighbor has had several surfers over for a day or two. They have stayed on my property.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The best guest was a young student walking across the country to Washington DC.

The worst was a dull teenager who just ate and drank for a couple days, contributed nothing, not even a story, then disappeared.

Interests

Solar energy, conservation, carpets, recycling, furniture repair, cooking, non-consumerism, astronomy, sailing.

  • cooking
  • wine
  • walking
  • gardening
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • sailing
  • tennis
  • astronomy

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Jazz, Afro-cuban, some blues, flamenco, but especially the music of India which I have been doing all my adult life.
I've listed Hemingway as my favorite author. I should add Kurt Vonnegut, Arthur Schlesinger.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Studied with the great Maestro Ali Akbar Khan for 40 years, every lesson new.

Guessed the numbers to the combination lock on the Buddhist Temple gate..

Teach, Learn, Share

My home is a statement of my approach to life: do the most with the least impact. A visitor can come away with fresh ideas about sustainable living.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Costa Rica, Fiji, Iraq

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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