ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Wisconsin.

I live with and manage a 35 acre organic vegetable farm that is also a nonprofit education center. Teaching people sustainable agriculture, permaculture, gardening. We have a beautiful, small community of young farmers.

Spent a year traveling the US.

Spent the last several farming and learning a trade.

I play in bands and do that sorta stuff.

I'm up for adventure!

I'm mellow, but can get mighty wild when the time is right.

PHILOSOPHY

Someone very dear to me said this.

"You understand with your brain. But where does that lead us? While you are talking I watch your arms and chest. Well, what are they doing? They're silent. They don't say a word. As though they hadn't a drop of blood between them."

From that day words stopped meaning so much. A tap of the foot or a bob of the head wasn't enough, I had to dance. Hearing it wasn't enough, I had to feel it. I stopped wanting to simply observe, I needed to interact, I needed to reciprocate.

I once asked a friend who spoke very little English whether they believed in global warming, they took a few seconds to muster up the words and finally answered with "I believe in everything."

It stuck.

There is magic all around us. Real magic, in the wind and the water and the soil and the flora. Never lose your sense of wonder.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the stories and sharing of experiences. I also know the value of having an open door and warm shower while you are traveling. I believe one of the greatest virtuous is hospitality.

In one of my all time favorite books, the protagonist meets and old man who welcomes him into his house. They share a meal ant the old man talks of how his grandfather had never gone several miles out of town, how he had walked the streets at dusk searching for visitors, and how he would invite them in. He quoted his grandfather saying "why go to the world, when the world can come to me."

I don't wholly subscribe to that, and would change it to say "when I am not going to the world, let the world come to me."

Interests

Craft, tree climbing, swimming, listening to the land, gardening, farming, gathering, mountains, learning, singing, guitar, banjo, spoons and whistles, real communication. real relationships. wild edibles. wild spaces.

• culture
• singing
• dancing
• yoga
• gardening
• traveling
• woodworking
• magic
• guitar
• camping
• swimming
• agriculture
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• permaculture
• farming
• socialism
• anarchism
• banjo
• organic farming
• black metal

Music, Movies, and Books

Music? I listen to a lot of folk, black metal and folk metal.
Blackbird Raum, Bon Iver, Bowerbirds, Eisley, Elephant Revival, Eluveitie, Fall Of Efrafa, A Fine Frenzy, The Forecast, Gregory And The Hawk, Have Heart, Immortal, Korpiklaani, Le Tigre, Limp Wrist, Neko Case, Policia, Polka Dot Dot Dot, Resident Anti-Hero, Rye 'n Clover, Satyricon, Shovels and Rope, Slow Teeth, Tegan and Sara, Terror, Warpaint, With Honor, Wolves In The Throne Room.

Reading?
Jensen, Thoreau, Quinn, Kazantzakis, Zerzan, Bakunin, Marx, Bookchin, Tolkien, Brooks, Rothfuss, Crimethinc, Chelsea Green, AK Press and Microcosm. Some personal zines and a lot of travel zines.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've learned to live free. grown a beard. ditched dominant culture and all the stagnancy and abuse that comes with it. AND I don't have crusty elbows.

Teach, Learn, Share

Rune casting. Basic woodworking. Animism. Sustainable agriculture. Community building. Druidcraft. Sustainability. Wild Crafting. Wood Skills. Camping. Living free. Permaculture.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cheesy jokes and shy sarcasm.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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