Outwardly 22, inwardly 78 year old illustrator and aspiring Classics professor, olympic knitter, archaeologist, and cactus farmer. Looking to draw and paint my way across the US.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I spent a semester abroad in Italy, the summer traveling, researching, drawing, working, and getting lost in all of the the right places. Now all I can think about is getting back out there. Post graduation I plan to draw, read, write, and paint my way across the United States. To what end? I can't say for sure right now, but above all I'm looking for new experiences, interesting conversation, and different perspectives.

Interests

Art, history, everything ancient Greek/Roman, hiking, camping, cats, cryptids, and all sorts of crafts.

Music, Movies, and Books

🎶Donovan, The Kinks, The Beatles, Grouplove, Beirut, The Who, Guess Who, Françoise Hardy, Simon and Garfunkel, Dr. Dog

📖Ovid, Emerson, Thoreau, Herman Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, Horace, Cicero, Albert Camus, Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, E.E. Cummings, Robert Frost, Alexander Dumas, Tom Stoppard, Ken Kesey

📺Amelie, The Wickerman (1973), Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Shining

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, a listening ear (or two), everything you ever wanted to know about ancient Rome, doodles, drawings, a hiking buddy, book talk, knitting lessons, quilting/sewing lesdons, bookbinding lessons, midnight picnics, courtesy, and cleanliness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States