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Overview

  • 13 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Musician/Conservationist
  • Bachelor of Environmental Studies (University of Manitoba)
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

ABOUT ME

I love words and music and bringing people together. I am a musician, a songwriter, a paddler, a banjo-lover, a conservation scientist, a bookworm.

I own a nice piece of land near Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, where I live with my dog, Luna. It's a stunning place to visit and would be happy to host you if you're in the area.

Interests

Creativity; making things with my hands. Music - playing guitar, claw hammer banjo, harmonica, songwriting, singing. The joy of sharing music with others.

I love the outdoors and sinking my hands into dirt. I am an active conservationist in my job and my lifestyle, and believe firmly that all things on this planet are special and connected. Plants are enthralling - I get really excited about trees, fiddle heads, mushrooms and all kinds of medicinal or practical uses of plants and fungi. I love getting callouses from chopping wood, and smelling campfire in my hair (or yours). Get me in a canoe on a river or lake (preferably with bottles of wine, good friends and good food), and I'll be ecstatic. I love the smell of sun on skin.

Scotch.

I love how words can travel over distances and last years and years. Poems, lyrics. I'm always striving to become a better writer. The smell of old books, rummaging through used book stores, libraries. Finding great new authors and poets.

Sending/receiving letters, wool (everything - socks, sweaters, blankets), autumn colours and smells, dancing, winter, taking time to hermit, dark humour.

  • culture
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • singing
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • salsa dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • chocolate
  • wine
  • baking
  • partying
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • canoeing

Music, Movies, and Books

The Lives of Others, Amelie, The Fall, Fantastic Mr Fox

Music is everything. Give me anything from Gillian Welch to Rage Against the Machine.

I want to fill my house with books. I'm off to a good start! Ondaatje is so good (In the Skin of a Lion, The English Patient, Coming Through Slaughter); Barney's Version - Richler; Fall On Your Knees - MacDonald; Marquez breaks my heart - Love in the Time of Cholera, 100 Years of Solitude. Canadian poets are my favourite - Nowlan, Michaels, Purdy, Moure, Atwood.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have toured with my music all over Canada, and into the United Kingdom and Europe.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach you some basics of guitar, banjo and harmonica, embroidery, salsa dancing, plant identification/uses.

Learn: I'd love to learn your favourite recipes! Kitchen adventures are the best. I'm open to learning just about anything.

Share: Wine, conversation, laughter. Experiences, stories, songs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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