CURRENT MISSION

Live in the moment, never stop learning and growing, appreciate the little things, make someone's life a little better every day, and create great memories

ABOUT ME

I think the rest of my profile gives a pretty good overview...read on!

PHILOSOPHY

I'm going to throw out some of my favorite quotations for this section:

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt

"For every ailment under the sun
There is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try to find it;
If there be none, never mind it." - Mother Goose

"Education is not preparation for life; Education is life itself."

"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." -Confucius

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying." -Robert Herrick

"Freedom lies in being bold." -Robert Frost

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, I've only hosted.

Interests

art, yoga, reading, travel, learning languages, golf, lots of other stuff

• arts
• beauty
• education
• yoga
• flying
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• golf
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Regina Spektor, Adele, Meiko, Feist, The Beatles, Ingrid Michaelson, Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse, A Fine Frenzy, Eric Hutchinson, oldies, pop, bluegrass...

Books: In Defense of Food, the Harry Potter series, Secret Life of Bees, The Lovely Bones, The Bell Jar, Down and Out in Paris and London, My Life in France, A Year in Provence, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Lee Smith books, David Sedaris essays

Movies: Sylvia, An Education, The Art of the Steal, Food, Inc., Return To Me, Big Fish, What Dreams May Come, Eat Pray Love, The Help, Amelie, Timer, Forrest Gump, Dead Poets Society, Mona Lisa Smile

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most recently, hiking in Cajas National Park, Cuenca, Ecuador. The landscape at 4000 meters is incredible!

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a little Spanish and would love to practice speaking. I also know a good bit about art and make a decent gallery/museum buddy!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States