CURRENT MISSION

Being a midwife, living on a mountain with my love, our ten year old boy and our doggie, spending lots of time outdoors, growing food, caring for the people and world around me

ABOUT ME

fun-loving, karaoke singing, swing dancing, garden planting, baby catching, fresh local feasting, winter loving, world travelling lady.

PHILOSOPHY

all you need is love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

host + stay!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

couchsurfed all over Iceland!

Hosted many lovely people. What an incredible thing!

also, i joined the mexican circus once. i galloped all over mexico on my horse with a bunch of gypsy musicians and acrobats. we didn't use the CS network, per se, but basically couchsurfed on people's properties in their fields, next to rivers, etc, thanks to the goodwill and generosity of so many people.

Interests

I love gardening, swimming, dancing, cooking, skiing, mountain biking, bonfires, hosting dinner parties, reading, learning languages ,singing, napping, beaches, knitting, yoga, and time with friends. my passion is working with pregnant women and babies.

• singing
• perfumes
• dancing
• swing dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• partying
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• karaoke
• cycling
• skiing
• languages
• beaches
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

music: good lovelies, willie nelson, kd lang, Francoise Hardy, Caracol, Amelia Curran, Rose Cousins, Tallest Man on Earth, Ingrid Michaelson, glen hansard, billie holiday, cat power, nina simone, neko case, old man luedecke, leonard cohen, astrud gilberto, johnny cash, alela diane, regina spektor, desmond dekker, be good tanyas, catherine maclellan, tom swift, david myles, myles davis, jenn grant, amos lee, she & him, coeur de pirate, timber timbre, fleet foxxes, cat power, feist, debussy, erik satie, chopin, mia ...
movies: harold and maude! anything by Pedro Almodóvar (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, Todo sobre mi madre, Hable con ella), BBC's Planet Earth, Cleo de 5 a 7 (Agnes Varda), Godard, Truffaut, anything French new wave
books: anything by barbara Kingsolver, Emma Donague, Zadie Smith, sandra gulland's josephine b trilogy, milan kundera's the unbearable lightness of being, kate chopin's the awakening, jonathan franze's freedom, anything dave eggars, virginia woolf's orlando, anything by isabel allende (paula, eva luna), jeannette winterson, jd salinger, tom robbins or gabriel garcia marquez. and so many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

saw the midnight sun in the arctic circle... my dream!

Teach, Learn, Share

THE essence of Canadian:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDi9DzihrE

this is my favourite video as a child.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my zest for life, good conversations, making a meal or going exploring together. you name it!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Germany, Guatemala, Iceland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Uganda

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