I'm WWOOFing and backpacking through Europe for the year! I'll be moving to Alaska in 2016, and available to host more couchsurfers there.

Before this year, I lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, USA. Since receiving my degree in journalism in 2014, I live to climb, write, make art, and love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When my partner and I traveled for 17 days across America and Canada to Alaska, we stayed with many beautiful, interesting couchsurfing hosts who enhanced our trip. This is a fun karmic way to trade cultures for free.

Interests

Growing food and working with farm animals. Creating art, specifically charcoal drawing and oil painting. Outdoor exploration -- the more perilous, the better. Writing newspaper articles, short stories, and poetry.

• animals
• farm animals
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• dining
• painting
• drawing
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• camping
• journalism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I love to read! Some of the books that have changed my life are: The Lost Language of Plants by Stephen Bruner, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand , Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean, Ralph the Duck by Frederick Busch. My favorite films are Rivers and Tides, Så som i himmelen, and The Waking Life. Music is my sustenance. I love heavy metal and Mozart and everything in between, but my most defining band is mewithoutYou.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-I lived for a summer in my tent on a friend's farm.
-I drove for 17 days with my partner from North Carolina to Alaska.
-I have been able to tie my loves of farming, the outdoors, and journalism together by writing feature newspaper pieces on outdoor living.
-I won the Norman Mailer award for a short story I wrote.
-In October 2014, I held my first art show with another artist at a popular art venue in Boone, North Carolina, USA.
-I've volunteered for the local homeless shelter, a camp for autistic children, an organization that builds homes for the homeless, and food banks.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm currently WWOOFing and backpacking through Europe! I'll be moving to Alaska in 2016, and available to host more couchsurfers there.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A sketch of you, conversation, and the recipe for the easiest and best biscuits in the world (can do them gluten free style too!).

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, United States