Road Trip! I'm a white queer, nonbinary, able-bodied person of middle class background who grew up on unceded Matinecock territoy (otherwise known as Sea Cliff, NY). A theater-maker, avid reader, writer, and violist who enjoys existing outdoors, working with horses, sharing meals and experiences with people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

In a transitional limbo that I can't call my Saturn return (too young) or my mid-life crisis (too too young). Maybe it's a quarter-life crisis. Sure.

Last year I worked and lived on a farm/ permaculture homestead for the first time, and it very much altered how I want to continue existing. The purpose for this road trip specifically is to reconnect with distant family and learn about my maternal lineage -- both to understand more about my family's participation in the US's violent history and to ground myself in these forebears. Where did we get our wealth from? Which great-great-great came over from a country in Europe? It is also to open myself to the opportunity of finding a community to sink roots into, where I am ignited as a full person. I would love to learn about the history of each place I visit.

My non-human partners are my viola and a small recorder, if you ever want to jam!

Interests

• writing
• performing arts
• vegetarian
• reading
• music
• hiking
• queers
• activism
• farming
• communal living
• composting

Music, Movies, and Books

Erzulie's Skirt by Ana-Maurine Lara
Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
any play by Sarah Kane
Audre Lorde!! Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Left Hand of Darkness Ursula LeGuin

What I Can Share with Hosts

Child care, help with gardening or farming, cooking and/or contributing to groceries

Countries I’ve Visited

Cuba, France, Ireland, Netherlands, United States