CURRENT MISSION

music silliness and human connection

ABOUT ME

I'm originally from Michigan. Went to college in New Hampshire graduating with a degree in environmental studies, which lead me to live on a commune in Virginia for four years. I left there in 2011 and traveled around while illustrating for an heirloom and organic seed company and doing other random work like housekeeping for lodges in national parks. I finally settled for some amount of time in Farmville, VA only to start attending college again for nursing, which led me to do an accelerated nursing program in Durham. When I finished that I moved here to Seattle with my boyfriend and now work nights at a nursing home focusing on palliative and hospice care for people with HIV and AIDS.

PHILOSOPHY

Oh my gosh what a question. Hmmm, I want to spread happiness and enjoy life as much as I can and the means of doing both of these I believe are ever changing. So perhaps my philosophy is seek happiness by being always reflective and open and keeping your heart light. How do i keep my heart light? Honesty and creativity. How do you stay honest and creative? Philosophy is endless.
It's funny reading this thing I wrote a couple years ago.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer you my couch.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met up with someone in Versailles and had a great time seeing the sights together. Hosted a good few people in Farmville and have had only good experiences. Made a couple life long friends.

Interests

anything creative: painting, drawing, playing the banjo and singing, cake decorating...
outdoorsy things, especially hiking
gardening
travel
reading
good conversation
many more things i can't think of right now

• singing
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• environmental studies
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I like homemade music of my friends and people I meet. My favorite music is participatory for everyone. But if you must have a genre i like folky stuff, and oldies, and older than oldies.... I really like a lot of different music, but I am not too into music that has an angry tone mostly because I am very affected by music and don't like to feel angry.
As for movies, I like a lot of independent films, but also movies that are beautiful to look at like lord of the rings. :)
And as for books, I like to read things that are unique and offer new perspectives, and mostly I prefer fiction like this. But I can also get into some fun and silly things like Harry Potter.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many amazing things out there, how does one choose? I can't. I just can't. Going on safari was pretty neat though.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would be happy to share or teach a bit of painting, illustrating or drawing, and I would absolutely love to share some banjo and singing. Hmmm what else? I would be happy to tell about my commune experiences and living cheaply while traveling too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Namibia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States