CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying my new home in the mysterious northwest

ABOUT ME

I had been living in the Michigan for a few years. Then due to a job, I moved to the Northwest back in October of '08. I couch surfed, at a great house of folks, for three weeks in Bellingham while getting acclimated to my new surroundings. I had a great experience! I even gardened for a season in that house's backyard.

I would be excited to offer to someone the same hospitality I received when I first moved to town.

Along with other random jobs over the last few years, I have mostly worked at the Ann Arbor People's Food Co-op, and a couple of different farms. I am committed to the idea of providing healthy food and resources to a community, while supporting the local economy and producers.

I can be shy at times, but generally get excited to meet new people. I don't like to simply scrape the surface of a community, I enjoy meeting the people who make up a place.

PHILOSOPHY

Although I can't solve all the world ills, try to make the corners of the world I inhabit healthier in some way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am still fairly new to this website, but I think its a great idea. Look forward to finding out more.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed when I first moved to town. I had a great experience! They were all welcoming and introduced me to whole community of people. I don't know what I would have done without them. I think they would all agree I was a courteous, helpful, clean guest
Before that I had only couch surfed on friends' couches.

Interests

vegetable gardening, drawing, sewing, hiking, picnics, art, film, cooking, making food with people, discovering new foods, riding my clunky red bike around town, finding new things in a town I have lived for years, finding treasures in reuse stores, public transportation adventures, meeting new people, farms, drawing with kids, drinking coffee.

• arts
• make up
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• gardening
• drawing
• cycling
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

There are so many books I have loved! but a few that pop in my head: Unsettling of America, Goodbye Chunky Rice, The Kid, Two Babushkas, Second Nature, Whinnie-the-Pooh, The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime.
My musical taste ranges a lot, and isn't too consistant.

Teach, Learn, Share

After working in organizations that are consistently under funded, I found amazing ways to solve problems with the use of zip ties and packaging tape (and other such simple tools). I could teach those working for non-profits these important skills.

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