CURRENT MISSION

Relish everything worth relishing. Grow roots while satisfying my wanderlust.

ABOUT ME

Artist, singer, cook, community organizer, landscaper and dancer. Long time traveler.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A thick rainstorm began pounding down on me without much warning and I looked up at the sky with dismay.
I was walking around the little city of Estelí, Nicaragua, weighed down by everything I owned on my back. A moment later, an old woman stuck her head out of her door and called out to me. "Daughter! Come inside, dry yourself and have a cup of tea."

I gratefully accepted her invitation and sat in her kitchen with her for an hour, chatting and learning all about her family history. I was touched by her generosity and hospitality and years later, still think of her with gratitude. I wish for a world filled with more of this sort of warmth, trust and kindness.

Couchsurfing is an awesome network. With and without it, I've been grateful to be welcomed into many peoples' homes across the globe and happy to open up mine in the same way.

Interests

Singing, cooking, ceramics, yoga, fireworks, foreign languages, dancing, (contra/ salsa/ etc.) Writing, traveling, bright colors, folk festivals, horseback riding. Hiking, history, doodling, lucky pennies, scarves, candid photographs, swing sets, fortune cookies fortunes.

• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• traveling
• pottery
• painting
• folk music
• equestrian
• hiking
• languages
• organic gardening
• festival
• community organizing
• watercolors

Music, Movies, and Books

Le Petit Prince, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Phantom Tollbooth, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Love in the Time of Cholera

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeds sprouting, children learning, waves crashing. Desserts, salt flats, geysers, busy cities. Volcanoes, coral reefs, and highways of white headlights that make traffic look beautiful,

What I Can Share with Hosts

My cooking, my stories and respect. Gratitude for maintaining a culture of hospitality and open doors in a time of so many closed borders.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Italy, Nicaragua, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nicaragua, United Kingdom, United States