CURRENT MISSION

to write a book of poems

ABOUT ME

Following a recent bereavement I'm taking some down time to write and reflect and hopefully decide what to do next.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I will decide how much I will do as I go along.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

positive

Interests

Philosophy, politics, women, music - all forms, film - mostly subtitled, liberation theology and psychology, educational approaches of Paulo Freire, gardening, walking, edible forests, veggies....

• cooking
• walking
• gardening
• politics
• traveling
• music
• divinity
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Too many to mention, Alice Walker, Erica Jong, David Bowie, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Tracey Chapman, Joan Armatrading, KD Lang, RD Laing,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Given birth to five daughters, fostered two more and have a step daughter as well - total 8 daughters pretty incredible from where I'm standing! Oh and I came out as a gay woman in my forties!

Teach, Learn, Share

Participatory Action research and in particular Participatory Video Production as a means of evaluating the impact of your organisation / intervention from the perspective of the people you do it with.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Colombia, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom