CURRENT MISSION

When I travel I am free.

ABOUT ME

Well, I was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina, in a very small town close to the border of both Tennessee, and Georgia. I still live in the area, and while I love it here I've come to terms that I'm a travel junkie. I love meeting new people, and find that my wanderlust just keeps growing more with each day that passes.

I'm a full time professional photographer, and do contract work for various colleges and companies in addition to portraiture and weddings. I’m also a graphic designer and currently work for a publishing company that produces real estate magazines, vacation guides and other graphic design work. I have a variety of interest, and the list gets longer everyday. There are so many things that I want to do that I find it hard to find any time to do any of it.

I'm obsessed with reading, and finding books in used book stores, basically anything to do with books and I'm there! I've actually been known to plan vacations around book sales that are going on in other states. I love knitting, and all different kinds of crafts, and arts, but I never seem to have the time to do all the things that I want to do.

I love baking & cooking, but refuse to cook anything with beans it it. I hate them, no amount of flourish will get me to eat beans.

I'm outgoing yet laid back, I enjoy quiet time, but I also enjoy meeting new people. I love exploring, especially new places. My friends say that I'm quirky, fun, and usually up for trying new and different things.

CouchSurfing was introduced to me by a friend and the way I traveled forever changed. I am a firm believer that everyone should try couch surfing or couch hosting once in the lives, it's be an amazing experience for me all around.

PHILOSOPHY

Live while you can, when you can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Unfortunately I cannot currently host, but I am more than happy to meet with anyone passing through or help them if I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've both surfed and hosted and loved both experiences equally. Couchsurfing is just so much fun!

Interests

Reading
Book shopping
Candle making
Scavanging thrift stores
Suface design
Knitting & Crochetting
Baking
Cooking
World History
Trivia
Board Games
Music!
Movies, no horror movies, or anything that even remotely looks scary.

There are really a lot of different things I'm interested in, so it would take a really long time to list everything. So I'm just going list this stuff for now and if I end up meeting you someday then I can tell you more then!

• arts
• books
• design
• photography
• cooking
• baking
• crafts
• shopping
• thrifting
• trivia
• movies
• board games
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• surfing
• business
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books (prepare yourself)...
The Abhorsen Trilogy, The Name of the Wind Trilogy,
Outlander Series, The Fault in Our Stars, Song of Ice and Fire books (Game of Thrones), The Codex Alera Series, Mistborn Series, The Inheritence Cycle, The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Books of Pellinor, Maze Runner Trilogy, The Chaos Trilogy, just about anything by Tamora Pierce, anything by Molly Harper,Divergent Trilogy, Stardust, Neverwhere, Gracling, Fire, The Help, Water for Elephants, The Lost Years of Merlin, The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy, Aretemis Fowl books, My Sweet Audrina, The Tallisman, Wicked, So Far From the Bamboo Grove, Number the Stars, The Giver, Island of the Blue Dolphin, The Time Travelers Wife... etc.

Music
Favorite Film Composer: Danny Elfman
Favorite Classical Composer: Tchaikovsky
Favorite Soundtrack: Pride & Prejudice
Favorite Band of ALL TIME!: The Civil Wars
Other fav. bands: Milo Greene, Birdy, Mumford & Sons, The Head & The Heart, Imogen Heap, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Garrels, Punch Brothers, City & Colour, Maroon 5, James Vincent McMorrow, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Matthew Perryman Jones, etc.

Movies:
Far From the Madding Crowd, Pride and Prejudice, Dumb & Dumber, What About Bob?, Darby O’Gill & the Little People.

I love sitcoms, and honestly I mainly watch Golden Girls, Frasier, Friends & Big Bang Theory over and over.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My lifelong dream of going to Ireland came true this year, and the whole trip was just amazing. The Giant's Causeway and the Cliffs of Moher were awe inspiring.

Teach, Learn, Share

I try to share my experiences and what knowledge I have to help others with whatever they might need help with.
I'm more than happy to help those who are interested in photography, I'm well experienced with most aspects of the field, and have taught both college level, as well as, other adult photography classes.

I'm also a pretty good cook and baker; I'm very creative, and try to be a bit of a MacGyver when I can.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like being a good guest, in fact I try really hard to be a considerate guest so if there's something I can do like cook dinner one evening or help in some way I'm up for it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Scotland

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