CURRENT MISSION

Meet amazing new people as I bootstrap my career as a playwright/activist

ABOUT ME

Easy going, great sense of humor, low maintenance, gone most of the time anyway. :-) By New Yorkers, I'm called the queen of nice.

I'm 6'1" so would appreciate warning of short couches/beds and low ceilings. I do fold up well when needed.

I am happy to provide references as to my general character and suitability as a guest, as needed.

PHILOSOPHY

Volo ut sis -- "I want you to be."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now I surf, because I don't get many visitors to my town of 7,000 in Iowa. I'm not a hick, redneck or hillbilly though. I've been to 47 states and a half dozen foreign nations. I write. I have friends all over the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed two different places in Boston in early June, 2014 and had a wonderful experience at both places. I returned in May, 2015 to one of them and had an even better time.

Interests

When I couchsurf in a city, it is because I am working or attending a conference -- mostly trying to make playwright/activist a real job. I got along wonderfully with my first two hosts, and look forward to meeting others.

• theater
• performing arts

Music, Movies, and Books

I am very well read, quite open to new ideas, love classical, jazz, alternative, instrumental, fusion, new, '80s, older pop/rock than that, whatever is on at the time that doesn't chafe.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Little miracles happen to me all the time. I find the ocean amazing each time I see it -- Atlantic or Pacific.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm into theater, of course, and also the Shareable economy -- I'm community leader of my local time bank. I have meetings with people in theater and the Shareable economy, and I greatly look forward to both. I'm hoping it will still get some love and can be a performance to kick off great generative economy things throughout the nation -- time banks, barter systems, car shares, co-ops of all kinds, etc.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Perspective on the Midwest, art and music, great conversation, help around the house if needed and it fits my schedule, did I say stories, songs, laughter, possibility?

Also photography: I am a fair, award-winning photojournalist and would be happy to take some candid or planned photos of you and yours and deliver digital files.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, England, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States