I'm doing my best to
vagabond through life,
while settling down roots,
and to see and experience as much as I can.
Raising some beautiful step kids, 4 cats, and a gecko with my favorite partner in crime.

I'm a pretty easy going person, I like variety in my life and I'm a mad wanderluster.

I like adventures and mischief.
and cooking, vagabonding, painting, drawing/sketching, reading so many books, creating things, people, street art, variety, cooperative living, solitary mountain living, urban gardening and herbalism, organic farming, biodynamics and permaculture, sewing, trying, jokes, comic books, homesteads, fermenting, zines, home brew kombuch wine and mead, origami, zines, hiking everywhere, and riding my bike.

I really dig films.
and music music music music music.

PHILOSOPHY

hasta la victoria siempre

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with fellow travelers, absorb that energy, and travel as much as possible

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lived in Norway, hosted folks in our home.
Lived in Guatemala, used it in my central american travels.
Lived in Iowa (USA), hosted folks from the website, bands passing through my lovely little city, friends and friends of friends. We also hosted couchsurfers potlucks.
I hosted while I lived in Minneapolis as well

Interests

learning as much as i possibly can during this funny little life of mine

• arts
• books
• street art
• sketching
• cooking
• wine
• vegetarian
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• juggling
• painting
• drawing
• origami
• music
• cycling
• skateboarding
• permaculture
• herbalism
• cooking and eating
• gardenning
• cooking together

Music, Movies, and Books

film: The Warriors, Crippled Masters, Dead Man, Vampire Hunter D, Blow Up. Charlie Kaufman, MICHELE GONDRY, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Federico Fellini, Godard and Truffaut, Studio Ghibli films, Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmush (!), Tim Burton, Buster Keaton, Sijun Sezuki, John Waters; anything odd and eccentric....

Authors: Milan Kundera, Kerouac, Tom Robbins, Italo Calvino, Haruki Murakami, Lots of Field Guides and Herbalist/foraging books, The Master and the Margarita, Blue Prints of an Afterlife,
... Food Not Lawns, Mycelium Running, Wild Fermentation, Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation, .... I dunno, so many books, reading is big part of my life.

Music I fancy: Chasity Belt, T,.Rex, Foxygen, FKA Twigs, Grimes, Windhand, Kadavar, The Spits, Dead Moon, Ty Cegal, King Khan and BBQ Show, Ecko & the Bunnymen, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Malajube, Menomena, Boards of Canada, Tribe Called Quest, Wu Tang, Candence Weapon, Canibal Ox; The Presets, AL Green, Death From Above 1979, Modern Lovers, Bjork, People Under the Stairs, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Graveyard. .....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've had close encounters with a hurricane, mud slides, earth quake, volcano eruption and a tornado all in one year

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to brew kombuch and mead, juggle, english or spanish language, stenciling, vegetarian cooking, all about herbalism, gardening and bioregional herbalism of Iowa

I love teaching, learning and sharing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a traveling apothecary, books, participation in cooking and cleaning skills, and an exuberant personality

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Guatemala, Norway, United States