a native of the northwestern montana forests. a poet by training, a botanist by profession, and a traveler by preference.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I originally joined as a traveler, but have ended up hosting many more surfers than surfed myself. I've met & been inspired by so many of my couchsurfing contacts.

Interests

• writing
• books
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• wilderness
• foraging
• botany

Music, Movies, and Books

louise glück, william faulkner, virginia woolf, halldór laxness, sylvia plath, gabriel garcía márquez, pentti saarikosky, knut hamsen, edna st. vincent millay, yves bonnefoy, kurt vonnegut, douglas adams, herman hesse, william carlos williams, vladimir nabokov, cormac mccarthy, ts eliot, ee cummings, seamus heaney, sherman alexie, gary snyder, anna akhmatova, charles bukowski, ray bradbury, ursula k. le guin, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the last day i had before returning to reykjavík, the clouds cleared over borganes and i had an hour on the roadside with the northern lights before curling up in the back seat of the škoda for the last time.

Teach, Learn, Share

i love to cook for people. i love to hike, to camp, to spend time in the wilderness. i play many of the stringed instruments. i home-record. i build guitar effects and amps. i love to grow my own food, the weirder the better. i majored in creative writing and french. i conlang.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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