I travel a lot as I am building a house and it's taking a long time. Still only half finished. I've hosted friends from Peru and Taiwan in a camper on my property where I sleep in a trailer. I am a retired academic who worked in linguistic anthropology. This spring I took a course in Creative Nonfiction at the Institute for American Indian Arts so I can write things like this. Now working on a book Geezer Love which I'm co-authoring with a fellow I met at a festival in Hong Kong who lives in a monastery in Vancouver.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I was on it before and had good experiences. Just got a message from Couchsurfing saying I should say hello to someone whose couch I surfed two years ago. Nice fellow who is no longer taking guests and has not logged in for 8 months. He did not have a shower and took his showers at the beach. So though I had not Couchsurfed in two years I thought I would try it again.

Interests

• hiking
• swimming
• ukulele
• hula
• zazen
• swimming in the sea
• hiking in the mountains
• balkan dancing

Music, Movies, and Books

bossa nova, baroque, classical Indian, classical Persian, Hawaiian, koto, kayakeum, Greek, Balkan, Black Orpheus, Zorba the Greek, Beloved

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

stayed married for 40 years

Teach, Learn, Share

all about food, music, books, languages

What I Can Share with Hosts

recipes, songs, languages, books

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand