CURRENT MISSION

To read more, learn more, be more, and enjoy the ride!

ABOUT ME

I'm a poetry loving, under tree-sitting kind of woman. I've lived in Denver a few years now (with a stint in France, South Korea, and then California in between).

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PHILOSOPHY

This is my poetry blog:

http://nakedsmalltalk.tumblr.com/

There's some semblance of my philosophy in there somewhere. :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By smiling at strangers, sharing tea, wine, tomato and giving couches when possible.

If you're in town visiting and I have the time, I'd love to show you around!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Lovely as can be.

Interests

Poetry
Music
Old books
Social Change
Art
Sitting under trees
Lemons
Hugging Strangers
Hugging good friends
Eye Contact
Feeling fulfilled
Optimism with a hint of realism
Coffee after little sleep
This community
The intensity of noise
The intensity of stillness

• arts
• books
• poetry
• wine
• coffee
• blogging
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Harold and Maude, Slumdog Millionaire, Life is Beautiful, Dead Poet's Society, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Into the Wild, Pan's Labyrinth, Once, The Fountain, My Girl, Donnie Darko,Requiem for a Dream, Good Will Hunting, Tell No One, Edge of Heaven

Books: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, East of Eden, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Letters to a Young Poet, Into the Wild, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, A Separate Peace, Night, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Jhumpa Lahiri, Bukowski, POETRY (Anis Mojgani, Andrea Gibson, Saul Williams, Lucille Clifton and Sonia Sanchez are my favorites)

Music: Leonard Cohen, Bobby D, Regina Spektor, Astronautalis, Avett Brothers, Nina Simon, Louis Armstrong, The Swell Season, Slavic Soul Party, Cocorosie, Gogol Bordello, sounds with a lot of spirit

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to list. Let's exchange stories!

Teach, Learn, Share

"You don't love in order to get love, you love in order to become love"

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Germany, Romania, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

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