CURRENT MISSION

To eat when I eat, and sleep when I sleep

ABOUT ME

I try to enjoy the simple things. It seems we always try to find the most complex beauty and entertainment we can. A simple flower or street light or piece of trash can be more beautiful than a Rodin.

And on a more tangible note, I'm about 5'11'' and make weird faces.

PHILOSOPHY

The closer you are to whatever system you depend upon or take part in, the healthier your relationship will be with it. If we all had a hand, however minimal, in any of the food we eat, water we drink or resources we use, our interaction would be totally different.
The same is true of interactions with other people from all over the world. We're all in this together; all of our actions affect people all over the world, so to make this interaction as healthy and fun as possible.
I'd consider myself a bit of an environmentalist because the better I can understand this planet, and how you, me, him, her, us we, interact with it the happier I can be in it. Or that's at least the plan.
But, then again, there is nothing like watching a sunset and forgetting all about weather patterns, topography and pollution.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Though Bowling Green isn't a particularly popular travel destination, it's a gorgeous, little Kentucky town. We've a few miles away from nice country roads and we've got a nice little college. Anytime anyone is passing through and needs a couch or two, my place is always open.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing made my European Trip. It's funny how revolutionary going back to the old values of hospitality and trust can be. Couchsurfing is compassion personified into a million different couches. Hope still lives.

Interests

Transcendentalism, nature, backpacking, Legal History, Buddhism, Hinduism, most isms, BIKES, the Beat Generation, the Old Testament, good movies, Old (real) country music, bluegrass, hip-hop, shitty indie bands, ancestors, non euclidean geometry, happiness, traveling, conserving, eating, thunderstorms, and ideas.

• poetry
• acting
• beauty
• dining
• running
• drinking
• gardening
• flowers
• movies
• traveling
• music
• country music
• backpacking
• buddhist
• bowling
• business
• history
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Whatever I can get my hands on that interests me. Ed Abby, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Blake, Anais Nin, WENDELL BERRY, J.D. Salinger, Herman Hesse, Henry D. Thoreau, Rumi, Charles Bukowski, Kahlil Gibran, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill McKibben, Michael Pollan, Erik Reece, Sir Albert Howard, Rachel Carson, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain. Fun people
Movies?
Too many
Music?
It goes on for ages...
Something strange and happy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen some pretty spectacular sights: a sunset in the desert, a the sky on a cool Kentucky night, a million rolling highways, some amazing musicians and a cool, running stream.
I suppose the things I'm most proud of are travel experiences. I've been all around the States. West and East coast.
Other than that, I've worked on a few independent movies (though I'm by no means an actor), I've written some poetry I enjoy, made some pretty good bread and some great mint juleps.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach?
I don't know how much I have to offer. I know a lot about hospitality. Not like in the Hotel Business, but like in the practical business. I come from a long line of hospitable people. Even during the Depression, my grandmother kept a garden so she could always feed guests.
It's a wonderful thing. A sort of exchange. You give something and receive something that's always unexpected.
As with everyone, I have a lot to learn. I been fortunate enough to travel to a great many places and I've met some wonderful people, but there is always some thing else to learn about the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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