CURRENT MISSION

to follow that quiet voice within, to be silent long enough to hear it, and brave enough to follow it.

ABOUT ME

i laugh a lot. i love to get to the "real stuff" in life. i am in a dedicated, longterm, loving relationship with thrift shopping (some call it an addiction). my aunt used to say that you should try to embarrass yourself at least once day, and i'm pretty sure i live up to that ideal daily. i equally appreciate spending time with excellent people and hibernating. i'm a terrible storyteller. i'm an optimist with a heavy dose of realism.

PHILOSOPHY

i can say the most useful phrases on my solo road trip have been:
i don't know.
help.
thank you.
thank you.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

so far, i have used CS to stay on others' couches, and meet some great people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i have couch surfed twice so far, and they were both great experiences - it was a great way to meet some awesome people, and to feel much more "at home" in a new city.

Interests

sewing, dancing like crazy, singing out of key, following my heart's truest desire, hiking, laughing (someone once said, why would you write that?! who doesn't like to laugh?! which made me laugh more), jumping in mud puddles, fresh air, alaska, random creative projects, exploring this precious moment.

• wildlife
• singing
• dancing
• shopping
• thrifting
• hiking
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

my last 2 playlists had some:
sharon jones and the dapkings, the be good tanyas, mason jennings, ruth brown, james brown, the carper family, stephen kellog and the sixers, jason damato, bessie smith, salt n pepa, the roots, xavier rudd, gypsy kings, blind pilot.

movies: harold and maude, amelie, six feet under, the girl on the bridge, american beauty

books: who dies by stephen and ondrea levine, road song, the giving tree,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hang-gliding in monteverde, costa rica. my dad getting married. a short trail in moab, utah of a place i'd been dreaming about since i was five. getting my heart broken and observing it intuitively repair itself. mountains and rivers and oceans and wildlife and people with kind eyes in alaska and the yukon. one of my girrrls w/ special needs and limited vocabulary, looking up at me and saying "i love you, claire" at a perfect and mundane moment, while washing hands and reminding her what a beautiful woman she is, in a bathroom at a community kitchen. watching a woman in her sixties with a tight-fitting red shirt to her perfect body just as it is dance wildly to a band called jujuba in portland, or.

Teach, Learn, Share

i love to sew, and am always learning new things. i'm a bit self-taught, so excellent on the creative end, and learning a lot on the technical end. i can change a tire, change brakes on a toyota tercel, and speak italian close to fluently (with a lil practice). i've never made a wedding dress, but i once made a pair of pants by hand. random. eclectic. piecemeal knowledge that sometimes comes together to create a more unified whole.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States

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