CURRENT MISSION

perfecting the art of anti-tourism

ABOUT ME

academic/composer/musician/farmer/bicycle mechanic

ohio (1984-'88)
illinois (1988-2006)
scotland (2006-'14)
australia (2014-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i host when i can and surf when i travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i've hosted much more than i've been hosted, and so far it's [almost] all been pretty great.

Interests

things that live at the bottom of the sea; [quiet] double-decker bus rides; dinosaurs; seabirds/shorebirds; graffiti; farming; bicycles; permaculture; david attenborough; picnics; dogs; gardening; black and white; chinese markets; baking; old books; maple syrup; not owning a car; annihilating my macbook at chess; plants [edible and otherwise]...

• dogs
• arts
• books
• baking
• gardening
• chess
• traveling
• music
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

films: tran anh hung, woody allen, ingmar bergman, john cassavetes, lars von trier, wes anderson, the coen brothers, werner herzog

music: loudon wainwright III, paul simon, neil young, david bowie, the velvet underground, [pre-jesus] bob dylan, bill monroe, ralph stanley, john hurt, doc watson, flook, dervish, dàimh, morton feldman, jo kondo, kunsu shim, the beach boys

books: chess, history, gardening [mainly vegetables], antiquated cookery, bàrdachd ghàidhlig, old 'handyman' books, russian short stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United Kingdom, United States