CURRENT MISSION

To commute on my bike everyday...

ABOUT ME

I'm a wandering soul at heart, always open to new experiences, thoughts and perspectives. I enjoy keeping my life simple and try to understand the world through experiential learning. I'm also a graduate student in Forestry at Northern Arizona University.

PHILOSOPHY

To live life without reservation and seize the moment. To be accepting, understanding, respectful and compassionate to all beings. To live with simplicity and to practice patience and listening. To laugh and dance often.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Listening & sharing experiences of life

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well, I’ve now couchsurfed a few times across this rolling country of the US. There have been some great experiences and awakenings to this fantastic national & international community.

Interests

Riding my bike, living sustainably, rock climbing, skiing powder, working in the forest, travelling to distant lands, writing letters, reading, raging bon-fires, making kombucha, beekeeping, cooking healthy, playing guitar, new cultures, contra dancing, Lean-tos in the Adirondacks, the open road, keeping chickens...

• chickens
• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• cycling
• canoeing
• scuba diving
• skiing
• rock climbing
• forestry
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Goonies, Back to the Future, Open Range & pretty much any western, Bogart films, Almost Famous, The Lion King

Music: The good ol Grateful Dead, American Jubilee, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Cash, Jackson Browne, The Allman Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Greg Brown, Neil Young

Books: The Dharma Bums, Desert Solitaire, Any Moosewood cookbook, A Sand County Almanac, Walden, The Alpinist mag., The Alchemist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteered with the US Peace Corps in Malawi for 26 months. Scuba Dived WWII ship wrecks in Yap, Micronesia & saw Hammerhead sharks at 110ft down. Tried to communicate with a kind old woman switching trains in Eastern Slovakia, the 90 Mile Canoe Race in the Adirondacks, NY, watched the sun rise with my father and brother over an amazing blanket of clouds on the summit of Mt. Katahdin, Maine, a Grey Wolf in southern Alberta, explored the wondrous maze-like souqs in Morocco…

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Forestry & agroforestry (From preserving, planting & identifying trees to wildland firefighting and cutting them down). A bit on natural/traditional medicine of the tropics. I also can show ya a thing or two on the guitar and enjoy jammin' with others where acousitc styles are blended. I can show ya how to make kombucha, yogurt & sauerkraut, plus simple bucket wine.
I'd love to learn how to brew beer!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Czech Republic, Guam, Guatemala, Hungary, Malawi, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, United States, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malawi, United States