CURRENT MISSION

Be a positive, open-hearted, open-minded, and open-armed citizen of the world

PHILOSOPHY

Wabi Sabi

ABOUT ME

I currently live in New Hampshire, just outside of Boston, where I am building a taproom/cafe and small events venue with a focus on farm-to-table and community...all while living and working on an educational farm.

I have a degree in Professional Writing, so I think like a writer--always filtering life through cheesecloth, catching little details in the pulp. I enjoy writing poetry and creative non-fiction, with a special interest in documentary, ethnography, and travel writing.

Along with my few experiences with CS, I've spent time as a WWOOFer, volunteering on organic farms in Northern Italy and Western France, where I spent my days shadowing an Italian cook, maintaining a vineyard and bottling wine, eating salads entirely comprised of weeds, picking black currants, riding bicycles with flat tires up hills, fighting off nettle stings, and baking bread in a French kitchen.

When visiting a new place, I am fascinated in its culture, its history, its art, and its little hidden corners.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to host surfers in the future, when I am able.

My own CS experience is limited, but was wonderful. I WWOOFed in Italy and France and camped & CouchSurfed along the way.

When I am more settled into my house, I would love to host!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My couchsurfing experience is limited, but flawless! My first hosts, Marie & Maxime were kind, welcoming, helpful, funny, and beautiful people. I would love to someday be as lovely of hosts as they were. I still write letters back and forth with Marie, and we communicate on WhatsApp in between.

Interests

History, Culture, Elephants, Family, Stories, Art, Poetry, Literature, Writing Creative Non-Fiction, Travel, Photography, Pottery, Wine, Movies, Languages, Music, Wilderness, Animals, Cooking & Baking, Crafts

• animals
• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• cooking
• breakfast
• wine
• baking
• fast food
• crafts
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• folk music
• history
• languages
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Amelie, Everything is Illuminated, Sabrina, Love In The Afternoon, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, Howl's Moving Castle, Singin' In The Rain, My Neighbor Totoro, Moonrise Kingdom, Royal Tenenbaums

Music: Lisa Hannigan, Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Tom Rosenthal, Arcade Fire, Bell & Sebastian, Cat Stevens, Childish Gambino, Coconut Records, Fionn Regan, Dear and the Headlights, Elliot Smith, Explosions in the Sky, Francoise Hardy, Coeur de Pirate, Gregory Alan Isakov, Jonsi, Keaton Henson, Langhorne Slim, Mick Flannery, Skinny Lister, Yann Tierson...

Books/Authors: Anais Nin, Margaret Atwood, Pablo Neruda, E.E Cummings, Saul Williams, Passage to India, Catcher In The Rye, Harry Potter series, Jude the Obscure, Night, A Great and Terrible Beauty, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Alchemist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bicycling the wild and rugged Inis Mor on a blustery day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am immensely interested in culture and in humanity, so I would love to teach others about my culture, and tell them my stories, in exchange for their own!

What I Can Share with Hosts

A genuine and eager interest in their home, city, culture, and experiences. And, hopefully, a growing friendship. I can also cook and bake, and would never share a mess!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Russian Federation, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States