CURRENT MISSION

Restoring the childlike wonder of the world to the world, one person at a time.

ABOUT ME

Hmmm, I'll get to that later.

PHILOSOPHY

One quote and one poem sum it up:

"Oh lord, please don't let me die until I'm at least dead" - Warren Miller

"Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"
-From "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting new people. Nothing better than making new friends over coffee, tea, or while hiking. Life is an adventure, and meeting fellow humans is a huge part of that adventure.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've talked to some interesting people so far, but haven't yet really gotten into all this site is capable of yet... story to come.

Interests

I like to hike, explore, read, write, dance, sing, dream, travel, live life extraordinarily.

• singing
• dancing
• coffee
• traveling
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

At the moment:

Movie: Fern Gully

Book: The Telling Room

Music: Emancipator

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have a laundry list. But I'd say my work with endangered species is what I'm most proud of, especially with the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm an Interpretive Park Ranger. I possess an inordinate amount of knowledge pertaining to a whole lot of stuff, and I love to share it with anyone willing to listen!