CURRENT MISSION

Keep an open flexible mind. Meet people and share interests.

ABOUT ME

I have many interests. When I chose to stay at home to raise my two kids (after working as a web developer/tech writer) I was at sea in terms of what to do next. I'm still trying to figure that out. I love to draw, meet people from different countries, bike, play music, etc. For the past two years I have been very busy playing music and producing a series of house concerts that we run out of our living room (we have a small stage) featuring local and touring musicians. Our kids both play violin (suzuki)/fiddle and piano. I play flute & fiddle.

PHILOSOPHY

Abbie :: I believe that it is important to keep a flexible mind. "The more you know, the less you know." Don't assume things about people. Try to leave things better than you found them. Don't get stuck an unhealthy place; change and evolve. Dreaming is a good way to visualize a better way. I enjoy supporting people in realizing their goals and potential.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I have just joined. I look forward to hosting people. We have hosted a high school student from France for the past 5 summers. Also touring musicians. Now we are interested in expanding our hosting experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not had a couch surfing experience just yet but we have hosted many people in our guest room over the past 5 years.

Interests

I enjoy biking in Portland as my primary method of commuting. I love to draw. Origami. Currently knitting together a community through doing our house concert series has been a recent project. My two sons Max & Zach keep me very busy as well.

• writing
• concerts
• running
• technology
• socializing
• knitting
• drawing
• origami
• music
• piano
• violin
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Abbie :: Eric Rohmer films, Woodie Allen, The Piano, The Red Shoes, Québécois music, choro music, chamber music, Alice Munro, Chekov,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Abbie :: Hosting a concert in our living room still feels amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

Abbie :: I can teach origami, fiddle, drawing, knitting

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