I am a student, teacher and traveler from the woods of Massachusetts. For the past five years I have been living off-grid in a yurt in Massachusetts. I headed out traveling in Europe in April starting in Spain. I am mostly traveling by wwoofing and doing workaway.

I am passionate about storytelling, land connection, learning to live well with local resources, and healing people and places. When I am at home I teach wilderness awareness and ancestral skills; which includes such things at fire without matches, wild edibles, carving, camouflage, shelters, basketry, and open fire cookery. 
I am committed to learning how to live in a way that adds to the land rather than only taking. For me this means knowing where and how my food came to be, reducing my perception of how much material stuff I need, and finding ways to give back whenever I can. 

I have lived abroad in Iceland, Denmark, Scotland, and England where I studied Viking and Norse history and mythology.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling light and looking for people to connect with on the journey.

Interests

• books
• homesteading
• hiking
• history
• storytelling
• bushcraft
• cheese making
• shiatsu
• sustainable living
• yurts
• experimental archaeology

Music, Movies, and Books

The Woodwife - Terri Windling
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
When Women Were Birds - Terry Tempest Williams
A Branch of the Lightning Tree - Martin Shaw
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett
Wisdom Sits in Places - Keith Basso

Teach, Learn, Share

Always up for learning and sharing: I teach and learn wilderness/ ancestral skills, and always love to learn life skills and cooking.
I have a MA in Viking and Medieval Norse History and Mythology and enjoy talking about what I know.
I sometimes work as a storyteller and always love to hear and share tales. I especially love old myths and local tales. 

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation about all sorts of ideas and topics.
Cooking - vegetarian and desserts
An adventure buddy - I love walking and hiking.
I can answer your questions about vikings (the real ones, not the show).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Scotland, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, England, Iceland, United States