CURRENT MISSION

To keep, as much as may be, time's winged chariot at arm's length. To take time. To apprehend, appreciate, and celebrate beauty.

ABOUT ME

I am a recovering redneck. As I said, I grew up in a very small provincial Texas town. Our McDonald's had only one arch. Actually, we didn't have a McDonalds; I don't think McDonalds even existed then. What we did have was an A&W Drive-In, now long gone. It faced Main Street; we used to back the car in and sit there sipping root beer and watching life. Not a bad way to grow up, all things considered. It made for a cramped, narrow worldview, yes, but I also learned self-sufficiency and an appreciation for simple, uncluttered living as well. I acquired the ability to sit still and listen, a skill which the buffets of life soon deprived me of, but one I am slowly regaining.

I know there is a God and that He loves His children, for in my eighteenth year He brought a lithe, white-shouldered blonde enchantress into my life who opened my heart to gentle, delicate things. Her ivory hands on the ivory keys/ Strayed in a fitful fantasy, and twenty-eight years later I'm still looking on, mesmerized.

Kids: yes. Nothing poetic here; fatherhood is not for the faint of heart. Gird up your loins, gentlemen, you who would brave these waters.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've slept on my share of couches.

Interests

• beauty
• beer

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States