CURRENT MISSION

I'm interested in avoiding the mistakes I've already made, and perhaps making a few new ones.

ABOUT ME

I aspire to be a tournament-level Scrabble player, but as yet I lack the time and level of life-denial necessary to achieve my goal. I must content myself with acting all superior whenever someone says "less" when they should say "fewer," and in my spare time I torment my 11-year-old with requests that she brush her teeth and remember her raincoat. I also teach high school English, and have found to my dismay that I absolutely love being around adolescents, far more than when I was one myself.

PHILOSOPHY

yes, i could really use one of these.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I cannot host at the moment but seek out opportunities to be a good guest.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none whatsoever!

Interessen

walking, word games, reading (esp. the classics), am a terrible knitter and a passable cook.

• humanities
• acting
• cooking
• running
• reading

Musik, Filme und Bücher

am an omnivore. love so many can't name.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

this is ghoulish, but it truly is the most amazing thing i have ever seen: i watched someone i love die very peacefully, and it has made me less afraid. It happened during the same year I had my daughter, which was also the most amazing thing I have ever done. together these experiences taught me to trust the body. it knows what it is about.

hey! is that a personal philosophy?

Lehren, lernen, teilen

basically, all i have to offer is that i can make people laugh. oh, wait. i take that back. i can refresh your memory as to the plot lines of at least a dozen of the major English-language classics. i actually also do know how to correctly place a hyphen, if you're into that sort of thing.

Was ich mit Gastgebern teilen kann

great conversation, good listening and problem solving, can run errands for you.

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