CURRENT MISSION

Putting one foot in front of the other.

ABOUT ME

I am open minded and interested in making links between different cultures, across barriers of language and geography.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting up with CS people and being hosted so far; I hope to have my own place soon so I can host too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Scotland, England and China.

Interests

Books, music and writing. Playing my guitar and singing. I like cooking good food, drinking good coffee and above all, good conversation. Writing, journalism and doing things for other people.

• writing
• books
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• music
• guitar
• economics
• geography
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Blues and country, new and old, and an infinite variety of anything else. Favourite artists include Neil Young, The White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Townes van Zant, the Rolling Stones, The Arcade Fire.....
Roald Dahl and Spike Milligan are two of my favourite authors; I really like short stories. Lately I have been reading Margaret Atwood and Iain Banks.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Waking from a seasick slumber to look out my window and see oil rig flare stacks on the horizon, at sunset, from a ferry between Aberdeen and Kirkwall.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share the principles of economics (not boring, really!), how can they be so functional and yet so flawed when it comes to the real world. I can teach the guitar, because I am left-handed, and its a mirror image for a right-handed player.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United Kingdom

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