CURRENT MISSION

My life's mission is to leave this place better than I found it. I love people, cultures and personalities. Travel is a tool for me to meet interesting and wonderful people and to share my home with them.

ABOUT ME

I am a fun person who loves life! But a selfish life is really no life at all. So I like to share: Time. Energy. Passions. Dancing. Oh, yeah....gotta dance! I am young 51. I embrace everyday as a race with one goal to finish and finish well. I am Curious. Humorous. Adventous... and other "ous's". I love to write. I love to talk and I love to watch the eyes of others and engage them in their life story. Life is Short. But Life is Good.

PHILOSOPHY

The day is wasted if I have not helped another person to better themselves.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to Couchsurfing! Bring it on! I am looking SO forward to hosting my first Surfer!

Interests

Dancing. Writing. Conversation. Gastronomy. Touring. Serving. I enjoy gardening and appreciate the patience to watch something grow and develop. An interesting story. A great glass of wine or beer. A unique restaurant with an engaging friend. All of this is exciting to me!

• writing
• dancing
• wine
• beer
• flying
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Love Sci Fi, Dramas. Anything "Merchant/Ivory". I would rather draw or paint than read. But I love a classic that spends time on character development.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have watched the sun rise and paint the sides of El Boqueron, in El Salvador, with thirty shades of green and gold. I have smelled the gritty, wood fires and tasted the smoky mist in Isarn, Thailand and there, felt like I could fly - in the back of a red pick up - long before Miss Winslet made her Titanic debut. I have knelt and cried, after carrying the dead, from a tragic auto accident in Asia...and been reborn in the shadow and majesty of volcan Toliman in Guatemala.

Teach, Learn, Share

I used to teach english and dance. I love languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, China, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United States