CURRENT MISSION
To be present, to be grateful, to see goodness in every person I meet.

ABOUT ME

I greet the threshold of each day, hoping that I will trust the path that is before me. And I greet you!
good guy; compassionate, giving, thoughtful, quiet, spontaneous, adventurous. love the outdoors, animals, trees; NPR; foreign films; big cities, small towns, quiet mountains, clean rivers; well-read (sometimes, I sit in the sun and read and then I am, well.... red!). Age has revealed some truths, but I'm still a boy at heart. healer, contemplative, quaker, buddhist, writer, speaker, spiritual director and a host of other "peaces" that can never explain the hole.

PHILOSOPHY

Your life is not about you.
and...
Life is too short for cheap vodka!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

new to the CS community. looking forward to participating.

Interests

canning (from my garden: fig jam; blackberry topping; pickled peppers); other garden stuff: potatoes, tomatoes, pole beans, flowers, hot peppers, and herbs: basil, cilantro, oregano, thyme, lettuce, etc. just this winter: collecting sap from black walnut trees, makes great syrup!
trips to New York, Baltimore, Washington, and love to buy good food in Philadelphia.
reading; writing;
oh, and I love creating bumper stickers!

• animals
• writing
• dining
• walking
• gardening
• flowers
• movies
• reading
• outdoor activities
• bowling
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Zorba the Greek; The Secret Life of Bees; The Seven Storey Mountain; Pinocchio; Lord of the Rings; Gershwin; Eric Clapton; Bob Marley; Ashley Cleveland; David Whyte; Richard Rohr; Anne Lamotte; Alice Walker; Aretha Franklin; Glennon Doyle- Untaming; Rumi, Thich Nhat Hahn, Thomas Keating, Tom Forsthoefel, Mandy Patinkin, The Shack, Broadway, Eric Clapton, James Taylor,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watched the sunrise over the gulf of Aqaba (from that view, one can see 4 countries: Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia /// received a blessing from his holiness, the Dalai Lama /// got in my pick-up truck and drove straight from Delaware to New Mexico.... sat up in a mountain for 3 days, then drove back home /// I spend a winter night each year walking the streets of Philadelphia handing out blankets and sandwiches to folks I meet on the street /// I won a bowling tournament when I was 15 /// I was written about (with photo) in an article in the National Enquirer /// And, I live in a barn that was built in 1828 (I know...they only asked for "one" amazing thing!).

Teach, Learn, Share

visited 34 states (68%)Create your own visited map of The United States

What I Can Share with Hosts

Philadelphia, good eats, good conversation, spirituality

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland

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