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.

我为什么加入 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.

兴趣

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

音乐、电影和书籍

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.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

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

教，学，和分享

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.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

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

我游览过的国家

Ecuador, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, United States

我居住过的国家

Canada, Greece, Iraq, United States

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