CURRENT MISSION

To build a true community where we can be ourselves and be ok...

ABOUT ME

I've had some seemingly random but all beautiful experiences: I've bicycled across the U.S., worked in different national parks, vclunteered in a wilderness trails crew, was a wildland firefighter, taught English in Japan, joined AmeriCorps for a year teaching job development to newly-resettled refugees from Burma, was intensely involved with the local community gardening scene in San Diego, WWOOFed on the Big Island in Hawaii and decided to live in Utah for now. These days, I'm learning graphic/web design and becoming an awesome climber! My next big adventure is backpacking the PCT.

PHILOSOPHY

"For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." - Benjamin Button

"I am not a logician. I am an existentialist. I believe in this meaningless, beautiful chaos of existence, and I am ready to go with it wherever it leads." -Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

"We are here to awaken to the illusion of our separateness." -Thich Nhat Hanh

Interests

Backpacking. Urban homesteading. Playing fiddle. Rock climbing. Bluegrass. Music festivals. Swimming in waterholes. Sewing. Cooking. Taking naps and picnics. Hula hooping. Beekeeping. Community gardening. I want to learn to fish, keep chickens/ducks, make self-watering containers, screenprint, clogging, make kimchi, bake a cherry pie, make blackberry jam, become an awesome graphic/web designer and backpack the PCT.

• chickens
• fish
• arts
• design
• music festivals
• festivals
• cooking
• gardening
• socializing
• knitting
• homesteading
• music
• fishing
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• emergency services
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Baguette Quartette, The Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, The Two Gallants, The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Iron & Wine, The National, Band of Horses, Pete Molinari, Zach Lupetin and the Dustbowl Revival, Neil Halstead, Mason Jennings, Noah and The Whale, Nicole Reynolds, Camera Obscura

Books: Feeding the Whole Family, Nourishing Traditions, Wild Fermentation, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, The Last Unicorn, The Bee People, Knitter's Almanac, Patchwork Style, Zakka Sewing, The Art Of Loving, Think on These Things, The Different Drum, A World Waiting To Be Born, I'll Be You and You Be Me, A Hole Is To Dig

Children's Book Illustrators: Elsa Maartman Beskow, David McPhail, Doris Burn, Jill Barklem, Helen Oxenbury, Jonathan Bean, Amos Vogel, Maurice Sendak, Arthur Rackham, Tomie dePaola, Herge, Tricia Tusa, Dean Morrissey, Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl, Margot Zemach, Uri Shulevitz and Jack Kent

Movies: Amelie, Bridget Jones' Diary, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Underworld, Children of Men

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I bicycled 4,000 miles across across the U.S. from Los Angeles to Boston with my 2 brothers.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to make art, knit, sew, cook, rock climb, and backpack.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, South Korea

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Philippines, United States

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