CURRENT MISSION

Dance through.

PHILOSOPHY

Be purposeful, give, care, help, and love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have donated to CS, hosted surfers at my home in MT and couch surfed myself!

Interests

Art in all capacities, paint, tools, wood, all things ceramic and clay, metals, poetry, self expression, recycling, birds, yoga, culture, diversity, reading, learning, impacting, poetry, volunteering, domestic animals, wild life, trees, dirt, rocks, exploring, making do without, music, music, MUSIC! The cosmos, family , friends, and self sufficiency.

• animals
• birds
• arts
• culture
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• reading
• crochet
• pottery
• knitting
• painting
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• rock climbing
• swimming
• volunteering
• travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Books- Guns, Germs, and Steel, Elements of Style, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, Ways of Seeing, White Oleander, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, A Child Called It, Harry Potter series, The Fault in our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns.

Music- Eisley, Bjork, Bon Iver, As I Lay Dying, The Mars Volta!, The Pixies, David Bowie, MINIATURE TIGERS, RATATAT, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, John Mayer, Cold Play, Led Zeppelin, Willy Nelson, Johnny Cash & classical

Movies- Old Boy, Amelie, Disney Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Star Wars saga, Happy Feet, Cult Horror Films, Hayao Miyazaki films, The Fall, Life of Pi, The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music, Avatar, Black Swan, The Jungle Book, The Notebook, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game & The Fault in our Stars.

Plays- The Phantom of the Opera, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Taming of the Shrew, Avenue Q, The Terrible Thing from Somewhere Else, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Twelve Angry Men, and Young Frankenstein.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sharing a cup of licorice tea with a Bedouin woman at her home in Petra, Jordan.

Hiking the calcium deposit terrace of Pamukkale in Denizli, Turkey.

Floating in the Dead Sea while in Jordan.

Swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and discussing politics with a local man, while visiting Tel-Aviv for the day.

Moving to the Great Pacific North West on a whim.

Tubing the Brazos River in TX.

Tubing the Clark Fork River in MT.

Seeing a Bald Eagle and a family of Otters, both for the first time, while kayaking on Cygnet Lake in MT.

Ice hiking in MT and sliding down the trail on my rump to get back to the trailhead.

Four wheeling in the snow in NE.

Seeing The Mars Volta in concert in Austin, TX.

Enjoying an apple under the water fall at the Green Belt in Austin, TX.

Hiking Holland Falls in MT and hand feeding a lot of Chipmunks while at the falls. Swimming in Holland Lake after climbing the Falls.

Swimming in the Boiling River at Yellowstone National Park.

Hand feeding wild Humming Birds in WV.

Holding an injured bat at a rehabilitation center in Austin, TX.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to embroider on aida, make a ring, belt buckle, and bracelet out of metal, hand build, throw, and sculpt with clay, sew clothing, curtains, pillow shams, teddy bears, woven jewelry, book marks, crochet a blanket, grow a garden, cook, and bake.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A respectful and tidy house guest, my adventures this far, hugs, smiles and belly laughs. I can also share a nice time with you in Bozeman to hang out and I have knowledge about all of the fantastic local restaurants.

Countries I’ve Visited

Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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