CURRENT MISSION

hike in the rainforests of the Pacific NW for the first time

ABOUT ME

I've lived in Austin since 1980 except for two years in Syracuse NY and two years in Dublin Ireland. I'm delighted to have creative opportunities working for Sierra Club as a media specialist. I have an organic veggie garden in the middle of the City, two cats, a long-term housemate and a coupla freegans leaving end of July who introduced me to this couchsurfing community. I've traveled the world and have been mostly still stince around 1996 when my Irish husband and I divorced and I decided to sink my roots further in Texas. My family has a simple vacation house in the Frio Canyon and I mostly have been going there for holidays. Now I'm ready to fufill a dream since I did my 7th grade junior high report on Seattle's space needle and I'm going to enjoy the wonders (more the abundant, natural beauty spots) of the Pacific NW from August 2-18. Looking for couches and offering my couch. Check it out. Give me a call.

PHILOSOPHY

Influenced by JPSatre and Simone de Beauvoir's committed existentialism, Emma Goldman's courageous anarchism, love that Spanish Mondragon experiment and want to connect with cooperative eco-communities raising their own food and creating their own energy systems in the US while staying connected to the rest of society in a healthy engaged way oh yeah.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a coupla large leather couches that couchsurfers can stay on from time to time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet.

Interests

Organic Gardening
Environment -- in particular, clean energy -- solar powered transportation
City walking/Car camping/Long Day hikes
Art
Film
Theatre
TV
Cooking
Anarchism-Worker's Coops-Food Coops-Housing Coops--CSA's
Swimming
the list goes on...

• cats
• arts
• beauty
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• clubbing
• gardening
• tv
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to go into right now

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many things. I'll think of three examples and come back to you. Here's 3 for starters --
Singers Club in Dublin.
World Association of Community Oriented Radio AMARC conferences in Dublin, Ireland, Oaxtepec, Mexico, and Dakar Senegal.
Daily life in East Austin casa -- Groucho Farm.
Jail in El Salvador during civil war.

Teach, Learn, Share

Acceptance, Contentment, Patience, Non-Violent Communication, Self Love and Love for others and the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, United States

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