CURRENT MISSION

Live lightly to leave traces of a good life, both to the planet and people on it.

ABOUT ME

I like to talk, laugh and learn.

I am afraid of deep water.

I am happy to hike it.

The road less travelled is best.

PHILOSOPHY

Live lightly on this earth, justly, and happily.

Leave only footprints, take only photographs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Inform and learn about good travelling places, stay with and meet people, host surfers. Have fun.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed [before couchsurfing.org existed] with a group of students in Dunedin, New Zealand over their Easter break. There were four girls: Fleur Dur, Bridget aka Nandor, Amy, and Megan. Bridget won a free grocery grab from a radio station promotion, (that is thirty seconds to run through the store and fill your cart with whatever you could), and we were bound to train for this momentous event. Amy was her substitute as she was too shy to do it. So Amy quit smoking for a few hours, she practiced grabbing things and we went to the store for a dry run. They ended up with lots of juice and a turkey as I remember. We had an Easter dinner. I laughed so hard I cried and was caught on tape through the whole grocery store run.

Interests

Reading, gardening, dumpster-diving, music, writing, dancing, carpentry, hiking, skiing, photography, cooking, drawing, walking, exploring, picnicks, coffee, home-brewing, record collecting, joking and especially learning.

• writing
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• running
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skiing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Tango, rock and the roll, blues, bluegrass, flamenco, folk, reggae, yes: Zappa, Bobby Dylan...
The Life Aquatic, The Big Lebowski, Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
The BFG by Roald Dahl, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Lament for Charlie Longsong by Roch Carrier, The Double Hook by Sheila Watson, Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked solo for three days into the Tonquin Valley near Jasper, Alberta, Canada. Saw a grizzly bear, moose and a caribou. Reflected by the water of a glacier lake, wrote in my journal. The cool solidity of the Rampart range of mountains and the blue clear sky are forever a memory of my adventure. No bugs either, since it was fall.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can: cook, sew, write, edit, swing a hammer, paint a house, make cob buildings, take pictures with a manual 35mm, teach English or music or skiing, gardening/landscaping, serve food, organize, handle phone calls, drive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, China, France, Greece, Italy, Laos, Lesotho, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom

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