CURRENT MISSION

To be a more engaged, alive, loving, and understanding person than yesterday, every day. And to juggle clubs.

ABOUT ME

I am a quiet and laid-back person, and I love meeting new people and engaging with new places. I love singing and dancing with others, gardening, birding, collaborative art projects, reading aloud, and outdoor adventures. I love visiting the lives of other people - no matter how similar or different they are to me, there are always amazing things to be learned and experienced.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to couch surfing!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am new to couch surfing, but I am enthusiastic about meeting new people and traveling this way!

Interests

Singing, dancing (contra, English Country, Scottish Country, swing, blues), gardening and farming, birding, insects, folklore and storytelling, baking bread, politics of gender and sexuality.

• insects
• arts
• singing
• folklore
• dancing
• baking
• clubbing
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• juggling
• blues
• outdoor activities
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde
Sonia Sanchez (everything)
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Sandman Chronicles - Neil Gaiman
What It Is - Lynda Barry
Walk Two Moons - Sharon Creech
Many Moons - James Thurber

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Tsitsikamma National Park, spending a few nights with a rural South African woman who had adopted eighteen orphans, kindnesses that I witness between people almost every day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people to bake delicious bread, pies, etc. But I think that the best teaching and learning comes from day-to-day human interaction, conversation, and hearing about what people are passionate about and what makes them come alive.