CURRENT MISSION

Live fully. Travel with my music. Connect in real ways to people and places. Reawaken my senses. Laugh a lot.

ABOUT ME

I am known for my laugh. I'm pretty outgoing but I also love my solitude. I've done neat things like thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, teaching English and busking in the train stations in Japan, living a simple life in the backwoods of Maine, then in the Alaskan Bush, and building my own tiny little cabin in Talkeetna, Alaska. I've played music to varying degrees of intensity over the years. I sing, write songs, and play the mountain dulcimer and flute. (See www.esthergolton.com ). I've released 3 CDs I'm quite proud of. Being a traveling singer-songwriter is fun and fulfilling and also very hard work for a meager living.

PHILOSOPHY

What a question... I live for bursts of joy, I guess, and real connections, and the opportunity to live richly and grow and absorb and grow and giggle...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Not currently participating but maybe someday again....

Interests

Nature, animals, earth history, evolution, good food, philosophizing and contemplating the Big Picture, hiking, acoustic music, jazz, traveling, living with less...

• animals
• singing
• dining
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• jazz
• hiking
• history

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One amazing thing I've seen/done: An all night pottery wood-firing in rural Japan...

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmmm.... a dulcimer lesson? My experiences living a simple, non-electric life in the wilderness for a while? How to make twine from dried fireweed stalks?