CURRENT MISSION

Grow food. Reinvent myself every other day. Solve soil erosion and world hunger? But really.

ABOUT ME

Ohhhhhh, you know, teddy bears, cupcakes, high altitude, and barbecue sauce.

PHILOSOPHY

Rebellion + dirt will save us.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Met a lot of fantastic people thus far. Love the Des Moines bunch and CS has been integral when traveling. Go CS!

I am very interested in meeting like-minded folk who are into traveling and unconventional living and helping each other out along the way.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Kayaking with a bunch of CS locals.
Meeting for coffee with goat farmers, travel abroad students, Buddhists, and downright great people.
Taking a walk along the ocean in Iceland with another traveling CSer.
Sharing meals and strolls in San Jose, CR.

Interests

Mainly: I'm a free-ranging farmster, trying to survive and find unconventional solutions, which involves more compromising than not

Also: all things food, growing, cooking, eting

Annnnnd: history, thunderstorms, alternative everything, holistic ethics, agrarianism, community

• arts
• ethics
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• bbq
• vegetarian
• walking
• traveling
• hiking
• kayaking
• rock climbing
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Most recently...listening to Portishead, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Neil Young, Radiohead, Joseph Arthur, Public Enemy, Morrissey, The Smiths, DJ Earworm, and Moby

Reading The Freedom Manifesto, Wendell Berry essays, The Third Plate, The Life You Can Save, Walden, Off The Grid, anything by DFW, and a bunch of books about life + farming

Watching...Oh, I am terrible movie-watcher, BUT I have been swayed by Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Me You and Everyone We Know, Magnolia, Spring Breakers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The little things, really...hiking through clouds, walking over waterfalls, climbing some big rocks, growing food from tiny little seeds...

Teach, Learn, Share

Fiber arts, growing food, vegetarian/gluten-free cooking, and talk/listen endlessly.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cook!

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States