CURRENT MISSION

Being alive.

ABOUT ME

Studied medieval history and religion in college, spent fifteen months working as an itinerant farmgirl through WWOOF-USA, and then joined a human rights accompaniment organization. And that's what you can do with a liberal arts degree.

Currently based in Toronto, Canada.

I have some stories.

PHILOSOPHY

Pay attention, be aware, and take in as much of the whole story as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Played host at my housing co-op in Central Pennsylvania, and I've surfed around the US southwest and in Canada.

I'm taking some time off from work to travel around Ireland and Scotland in March 2015, because I'm a big believer in living out one's dreams while one is able.

Interests

reading, history, sustainable agriculture, walking in the woods, gardening, palestine, kurdistan, biking there, bookstore cafes, public libraries, laughing out loud, a well-told story, goats, strawbale construction, off-grid living, being somewhere dark enough to see the stars, talking about stories with people who love them

• arts
• books
• human rights
• cooking
• walking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• agriculture
• history
• medicine
• religion
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Bright Star, Spirited Away, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, North & South, How to Train Your Dragon, Cairo Time, Inside Man, Clue, Star Wars (the real ones), the Marvel movies...

Music: Dar Williams, Gillian Welch, the Wailin' Jennys, Kila, Bruce Springsteen, LCD Soundsystem, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Sea Wolf, Yeasayer, Janelle Monae, The Indigo Girls, mixtapes my friends make me, and whatever I can learn to sing

Books: anything by Robin McKinley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, Maggie Stiefvater, N. K. Jemisin, Lois McMaster Bujold, and Dorothy Dunnett. Also, of course, LotR, Harry Potter, and The Hunger Games. I'm not even kidding: I really like to read.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Participated in a sweat-lodge ceremony with Ojibwe elders and medicine men near Bemidji, Minnesota
Witnessed/participated in Greek Easter in Athens
Witnessed/participated in Nawroz festivities in Suleimani, Iraqi Kurdistan

Teach, Learn, Share

My work has to do with human rights and social justice, which means I can be a pretty magnificent Debbie Downer in conversations about current events. But, if you wanna know, I'll be happy to give you my take on things.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, a willingness to help with cooking or doing dishes, book recommendations...

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Greece, Iraq, United States

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