CURRENT MISSION

To discover the world and myself, and where they meet!

ABOUT ME

Here are some things I love: traveling, dancing, writing, reading, singing, meditating, the ocean, redwoods, red wine,meaningful conversation, other trees that aren't redwoods, mountains (I've been trekking in the Himalayas and the Andes), making soup, sharing, gathering, hiking, backpacking, period pieces, community, yoga, eating, playing guitar, playing. What else? Born and bred in Cape Town, my family immigrated to LA when I was almost twelve; I've lived in the Bay Area most of my adult life, traveled to many many countries, published a bunch of journalism and a book, made an album. I care deeply about the world and have done a great deal of peace/global justice/environmental activism.

PHILOSOPHY

Hark, Rilke doth speak: "If you trust in Nature, in the small Things that hardly anyone sees and that can so suddenly become huge, immeasurable; if you have this love for what is humble and try very simply, as someone who serves, to win the confidence of what seems poor: then everything will become easier for you, more coherent and somehow more reconciling, not in your conscious mind perhaps, which stays behind, astonished, but in your innermost awareness, awakeness, and knowledge." I think most of the time I myself forget this, but that's what I'd like to do with my life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it's an amazing way to meet other world-travelers and cross-pollinate ideas, music, language, and so many good things...

Interests

So much! Books, music, film, the world, nature, social change, meditation, community...

• writing
• books
• singing
• dancing
• wine
• red wine
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• journalism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books--current favorites: Tinkers, Gilead, To the Lighthouse.
Poets--Rilke, Rumi, Sharon Olds, Basho, Mary Oliver, Rabindranath
Tagore, Robert Hass, Li-Young Lee
Movies--Pan's Labyrinth, Nowhere in Africa, Seraphine, Bright Star
Music--Arvo Part, Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Bach, The Be Good Tanyas, Sean Hayes, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Oliver Mtukudzi, Amadou and Mariam, Iron and Wine, Billie Holiday
Food--organic always a big plus--sushi, Italian, French, Indian. yum yum.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking in the Himalayas!