CURRENT MISSION

Making a Home

ABOUT ME

I'm an Alabama girl with a taste for travel. I read voraciously, write occasionally, and cook daily. I love to eavesdrop and people watch. I can be both social and reclusive. I have taught yoga and worked on a watermelon farm. I carry bananagrams with me at all times, and my spelling is atrocious. I can drive a manual transmission in San Francisco, name all seven dwarfs, make a mean bloody mary, recite Shakespeare sonnets, and dig a hatchback out of an arroyo in New Mexico with nothing but a tupperware, a yoga mat, a three ring binder, and some rocks.

PHILOSOPHY

Strive for happiness, but not at the expense of others.

Don't die in a way that, when read as a headline, would make people say, "stupid girl." -- my mother

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm still learning Virginia, so I may not the best tour guide. Still, I'm happy to meet for coffee and share all I know. I hope to make up in enthusiasm what I lack in knowledge. I often work away, so I'm not always available to host, but am happy to try to accommodate!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I watched my old roommate host couchsurfers for the semester I lived with her in ABQ. We always had the most interesting, generous, and thoughtful people stay with us that it piqued my curiosity.

After driving with another CS-er, Tom Brown, from ABQ to SLC, I have officially been convinced that I need to join this community. Toute suite.

Interests

Language (especially of the signed variety), Photography, Cartwheels, Yoga, Sunshine, Music, Theater, Books, Board Games, Travel, Beach Cruisers.

I am currently merging my passions of sign language and music/theater by working with an amazing Deaf woman to research the Deaf community's access to performance arts. We've published a couple of articles on interpreting for live performances, and are working on a book about our research.

• arts
• books
• theater
• performing arts
• photography
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• pilates
• board games
• traveling
• painting
• music
• teaching
• sign language
• tourism
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Hours, The Poisonwood Bible, Sophie's World, Calvin and Hobbes, The Alchemist, Olivia Saves the Circus, Scrambled Eggs Super, The Four Quartets, Harry Potter, I Know This Much Is True, Resurrection, The Little Prince, Ender's Game, Edward Gorey, Malcolm Gladwell

Music: Josh Ritter, Pearl Jam, Neko Case, Diana Ross And The Supremes, The Avett Brothers, Joe Purdy, Musicals of Any Sort

Movies: The Fall, The Phantom Tollbooth

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited 47 states and seven continents.

I also once interpreted for Diana Ross.

Teach, Learn, Share

Able to teach: Yoga, Sign Language

Want to learn: Sewing, Painting, Technical Photography

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, Homemade Chai Tea, basic American Sign Language, Yoga, Stories Shared and Received

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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