CURRENT MISSION

learning, unlearning, and relearning. Remembering that the mycelium is listening and trying to listen back.

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm one member in a family of three. My name is Drea and I've been on couch surfing a long time. I am surprised and happy it's still here! I couch surfed before this site existed and I hope we will be hosting after it's gone. We are a creative and curious folk, we love languages, dinosaurs, Pokemon (ok, we love/hate Pokemon), walks and hikes, bicycles, swimming holes, mycorrhizal and arboreal connections and we try to look at the world from a multi-species lens.

PHILOSOPHY

I think in 2026, my philosophy is What is Philosophy?

Shouldn't this be a book?

One day I might write it, or else my husband will write it and I will edit it. Or else our child will write it and Noah will edit it and I will illustrate. Or some other combination. Who will read it? That's the question.

We really like books.

Want to see my "legacy profile?" Yeah, that's a thing, but somehow it sort of looks like this one: https://www.couchsurfing.com/users/482567/profile/legacy

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I'm on Couchsurfing because the concept of hosting people in our home and being guests in other's homes is dear to me. I think people are (neuro)plastic and fantastic and we have so much to learn from each other. Couchsurfing is a digital answer to a basic human need of gathering around the fire.

Intereses

life, love, and the living (and the nonliving)

I tend to seek the roots of things and the roots of beings. I also tend to leave the light on in the bathroom closet and not pay attention to light fixtures.

Noah tends to notice the light fixture in the foyer, but not the light on in the bathroom closet.

Oisin is all the emotions, all the suprises, all the time. Spirited and big hearted, at 3 he declared he would be a vegan as an adult and that he "really finds animals fascinating". He will see the light switch in foyer and the bathroom closet, and find a stepping stool.

Otherwise...

Let's meet!

• arts
• books
• breakfast
• meditation
• walking
• trivia
• history
• law
• mathematics
• nature
• permaculture
• traditional ways of knowing

Música, películas y libros

Music:

I grew up in a house of musicians and I haven't heard a genre that doesn't feature at least a few talented artists yet. Of course I have preferences, but they wax and wane over time.

My husband could say the same about his musical upbringing.

My son gravitates towards musicals, silly songs like "Potatoes and Molasses", "Cats Sit on You" and "Dance of Doom" and Axel F Harold Faltemeyer. Right now his favorite is KPop Demon Hunters "My little soda pop" Beh...

He might get very mad if you try and sing his favorite song though. Unless he's sick, in which case he will give you a silent thumbs down.

Movies:

We wish we could watch movies in a theatre all day long. We try to watch one a week. Some favorite viewings have been Miyazaki's Nausicaä Valley of The Wind, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, Tati's Mon Oncle, Birney's Tux and Fanny

Some of my favorite books of all time are, in no particular order: When I Sing Mountains Dance, Of Human Bondage, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Momo. Mostly though, I tend towards nonfiction and/or graphic novels.

Noah used to read but he doesn't anymore. He still writes though.

Algo increíble que he hecho

One thing? Seriously? Everything. Everything. Probably you can say the same. If you want to. Because life is amazing.

But you want something-- right?

I once bussed from Costa Rica back to Austin, and it sounds amazing but in truth was a trip riddled with heartache and strife. The most amazing beings about that trip were the joyful panhandler in Nica who'd lost his leg stepping in a mine and the woman on the bus to Lake Atitlán who spoke to my heart with her own.

I once hitchhiked from the Italian Dolomites to Geneva, Switzerland. Which isn't really that far, but hey I survived it so I decided to do it again. Everyone I met was kind and generous, and gracious with what little Italian I knew at the time. Years later, I hitchhiked from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Again not so far, and yet I traveled so far that day, with so many lovely people -- humans and trees.

These kinds of stories are a dime a dozen. In my life and in yours. And we want to hear about your amazing things!

Enseña, aprende, comparte

needed, wanted and welcome- people who like to do all three.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

Our perspectives, our home, our cooking, our books, our records, our musical instruments. Our emotions, our voices, our laughter and dancing.

Países que he visitado

Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain, Switzerland

Países en los que he vivido

Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States

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