CURRENT MISSION

Living sustainably, planting trees, saving the planet.

ABOUT ME

Liberal community activist, environmentalist, Unitarian Universalist, New Yorker and Harpers' subscriber, cat-lover, gardener, tree advocate, recycler, videographer/producer for Public Access TV, actor, editor.

PHILOSOPHY

Act so that if everyone else did as you do, there would be peace, clean air and water, respect and community.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Travelling from June 2012 to March 2013 to Portugal, Spain, France, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Korea possibly, Japan and back home via Portugal and Dublin.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Wonderful experiences in Lisbon, Madrid, Bilbao, Trets, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Odense, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and Russia! Eastern Europe and Ukraine. What a contrast to a lonely hotel room meeting no natives. Couchsurfing makes world travel possible and meaningful! From naturists (nudists) to hookah-smokers, always new and interesting.

Interests

Hiking in nature, videotaping political demonstrations and art exhibits, learning new things, adopting a more sustainable lifetsyle, Facebooking causes and friends, enjoying films and participating in No Frack Ohio, Democracy Over Corporations (Move to Amend), 350.orgm invasive plant removal, promoting street trees, trees in general and combating global heating.

• fish
• running
• boating
• tv
• fishing
• hiking
• hunting
• snorkeling

Music, Movies, and Books

I like silent movies, classic films, foreign, masterpiece theatre BBC, Showtime and HBO shows.
Classical, blues, jazz, Arabic and '60's music.
Read Mark Twain's An Innocent Abroad (world travel's beginnings!), Ted Turner's autobiography and e.e.cumming's The Enormous Room recently. Love the New Yorker and Harpers magazines. And reports from Earthjustice, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Ocean Conservancy, ad infinitum. Since travelling read Sons and Lover's The Forsythe Saga Scaramouche short story collections...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Aruba, for sitting through a time-share sales pitch, I got to snorkel from a boat above wrecks from World War Two. They served fruit and alcohol, I got seasick, and vomited the fruit while I was in the water. I was immediately surrounded by feeding fish, and then a seagull swooped down and flew away with its meal! I never knew fish ate fruit!
I had the pleasure of collaborating on a play with my late husband Jack Ross, "Mice in the Theatre" about running an off Broadway theatre in the West Village of Manhattan in the late '80's.

Teach, Learn, Share

I enjoy interviewing and shooting video for public access TV, filming demonstrations on the environment. My sister Amy Abercrombie made a full-length feature based on our grandmother's unpublished novel, which my sister published and thought it would make a fine film and who else would do it? You can see the trailer of theotherhousethemovie on Utube I believe. I have a copy of THE OTHER HOUSE to share. I strive to follow her example, and lessen my carbon imprint. Hope to aquire an electric car after my travels.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Fellowship of five cats!

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Japan, United States

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