CURRENT MISSION

The Wind will Carry Us

ABOUT ME

Back to the US after a decade in Japan, figuring things out and having fun doing it. Passions: snowboarding, rock climbing, aviation, arthouse films, literature.

PHILOSOPHY

It changes... Have fun, live with thoughtful intention.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Heart and mind. Conversation ranging from the serious to the inane (and mostly centered on those two poles). Am a decent (vegetarian) cook. I'm tidy, good at making/fixing things and happy to do a little productive work to help out while I'm visiting. Or let's just sit and have a cold brew/hot cuppa...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed with 5 CSrs in June 2011. Excellent experience, all were great hosts. Look forward to hosting my own surfers.

Interests

Too many, can never decide if I'm the fox or the hedgehog. Enlightenment, Sunlight, frogs, efficient systems, anything fast, dark beer.

• literature
• cooking
• beer
• vegetarian
• aviation
• movies
• snowboarding
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Fave books: Moby Dick, Midnight's Children, Lolita, Tropic of Cancer. Fave movies: Koyaanisqatsi, Farewell my Concubine, anything Fellini, Black Cat White Cat, film festival shorts.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sounds of rain and cicadas and shadows of bamboo through the rice paper walls of Daijoji Temple, where I spent Sunday afternoons for many years.

Teach, Learn, Share

Other than a few words of Japanese, I'm not sure I feel qualified to teach much... Sure there is much more to learn.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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