I am very chill, kind, compassionate, quiet yet social, respectful, tolerant. Politically I lean Marxist, spiritually I lean Buddhist. I am a former peace activist and War Tax Resistor. I believe that as a human being, it is my responsibility to act in opposition to oppression and injustice.

I worked most of my life in the education field. I am humble and grateful. I practice service to others, including as a sometime foster parent, once-a-week volunteer at a local soup kitchen, and member of a local peer support recovery center (I am sober).

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I love to travel. I want to share my home with and be hosted by like-minded people from whom I can learn.

兴趣

Music, art, travel, cooking, gardening, playing basketball and tennis, hiking, bicycling, kayaking, photography.

音乐、电影和书籍

Jazz, classical, jam bands including Grateful Dead, Middle Eastern, Indian classical, West African.

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodovar.

Kurt Vonnegut, Noam Chomsky, Barbara Kingsolver, David Sedaris, Thich Naht Hahn.

I don’t watch TV. I avoid social media.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Climbed to the top of Mt. Saint Helens.

教，学，和分享

I speak some Spanish, want to learn more. I like to teach English to non-native speakers.

I want to relearn how to play piano, and learn how to play clarinet and accordion. I recently took a shibori workshop.

I like to share food and the experience of breaking bread together.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Wisdom (?) and life experiences.

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Ecuador, Finland, France, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

我居住过的国家

England, United States