CURRENT MISSION

Live an action packed life on this planet without harming any of it's creatures

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in a log cabin on a small homestead farm in Saskatchewan. My family moved to Wisconsin when I was 17 and I graduated from high school there. I worked for a number of years for an industrial cutting tool company and was married for the first time in 1964. After a divorce in 1968 I was drafted into the US Army and spent two years there during the Viet Nam war. Spent most of my tour in the US except for about 6 weeks in Germany. After the service I decided to get a degree and did so at the University of Wisconsin. After working for a few years in agricultural sales and a year for the Royal Bank in Canada I came back to Wisconsin and drove city buses for 17 years before retiring in 2001. I celebrated retirement by buying a new Harley Davidson motorcycle and traveling to a 4-day bluegrass music festival in Winfield, KS. I have been riding cycles since I was 18 years old.

Since retirement in 2001 my second wife and I have traveled quite a lot and enjoyed an 80 acre farm in southwest Wisconsin that we had purchased in 1987. We sold it last June, 2007. I volunteer for a number of conservation organizations, a public supported radio station, a senior transport service and I try to help others whenever I can. Life is good!!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is meant to be lived in a way that shows respect and appreciation for all sentient beings. What we are is more important than what we have. The greatest joys I believe are in the things we do to help each other or some creature that is struggling to survive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have had a young reading specialist from Minnesota stay with us twice for marathons in our area and we thoroughly enjoyed both visits.

Interests

I am interested in the environment, other cultures and religions, politics, science, photography, music and just about everything

• photography
• festivals
• environment
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• homesteading
• music
• religion
• science
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

My father was an old time fiddler and I learned to play guitar, rhythm bones and musical saw. When I came to the US I heard the first blues on radio stations out of the southern states and fell in love with that music. I enjoy jazz, big band, bluegrass, roots country, alt country, 50's and 60's rock, Cajun, Zydeco, and I usually go to sleep to classical.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was an honor guard at Dwight D Eisenhauer's funeral in Abilene, KS in 1969. Not amazing but it stands out in my mind.

I also witnessed the incredible May18, 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens from Centralia Washington where I lived at the time.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy showing others how to play the rhythm bones and musical saw.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, Norway, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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