I try to live a marmalade kind of life— unsuperfluous, yet still full of good books, nice people, delicious food and wine. I recently graduated from university and am unsure of the path ahead, but am looking to spend a great deal of it outside and traveling. I have an affinity for critical writing and dancing. I hope to be more knowledgable in botany one day. I like being in the outdoors, especially around a fire.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to host any folks that need a place!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed around Europe and America and have hosted before.

Interests

Taking refuge in nature with the company of a book. Playing small pranks. Hiking, camping, rock climbing, backpacking, kayaking, fishing, playing banjo (very poorly) and learning new card games. Canning or fermenting food, baking sourdough bread, brewing mead, cooking in general. Knitting and crocheting. Dancing and humming melodies. I love to paint and do ceramics and recently learned to weave on a floor loom.

• writing
• books
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• traveling
• knitting
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Tom Waits, Vashti Bunyan, My Bubba, Balmorhea, Frank Fairfield, Kurt Vile, Duke Ellington, David Bowie, Art Tatum, Amiina, Bill Evans, Dirty Three, Django Reinhardt, Mississippi John Hurt, The Carter Family, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Devendra Banhart, Francoise Hardy, Goat Rodeo Sessions, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Shakey Graves, Doc Watson.

Anais Nin, Franz Kafka, Henry Miller, Edward Abbey, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Thomas Pynchon, Milan Kundera, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Leo Tolstoy, Tom Robbins, William Faulkner, Heinrich Böll, Rainer Marie Rilke, Ayn Rand, Haruki Marukami, Mary Oliver, Maggie Nelson, John Seymour.

Femme est une Femme, Adam's Rib, Peirrot le Fou, Lolita, There Will Be Blood, Tillsammans, The Great Escape, Rushmore, Paper Moon, The Thin Man, Arrested Development, Twin Peaks, Game of Thrones, Les Blank documentaries.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking in the fjords of Norway, solo road/camping trip around Iceland

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Sweden, United States