CURRENT MISSION

Be funny and eat more eggplant.

ABOUT ME

I play the accordion, poorly but avidly. (And now ukulele, too!) I collect souvenir spoons, ironically but avidly. I make art of all sorts, and like to go to galleries and museums when I travel. I like to bike, mostly around town in a nonspandex sort of way. Oh, and I do have some fab eyeglasses, if I say so myself.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't worry about the potato. The soup is all right.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Years ago, I couchsurfed a bit and made great friends in Rotterdam. But I'd not done it in a while, until my college roommate, who is an avid Couchsurfer was talking about all the friends she's made from around the world through CS. And I realized that in the coming year, I am doing a bunch of travel to research the book I'm writing, and CS will be a great way to connect with humans after spending all day in archives reading 19th-century documents.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm the one who's always striking up a conversation with strangers, offering to show someone around the city or recommend things to do.

Interests

Er, did I do this in the describe yourself section? I guess that would mean my interest is jumping ahead.

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• cycling

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm an author, which ironically means I don't get to read much 'for pleasure,' although I enjoy all the zillions of pages I read for researching whatever I'm writing about. I love films, and always prefer independent or foreign (ie non-US) films. Music, too varied to describe.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Ladies' Pole Climb Competition at the Pacific Northwest Lineman's Rodeo. I lost, by a lot.

Teach, Learn, Share

Know your way around the accordion.
Cook good veggie food.
Bake an awesome apple pie.
Want to talk US history? Or listen US history? Or literature. I can teach even the most poetry-phobic to enjoy a poem.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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