CURRENT MISSION

Grow.

ABOUT ME

I am all of active, curious, vivacious and patient. I will read everything on the bookshelf and dance until the music arrives. If I were permanently affixed to a bicycle I would not complain. I write haikus, bake challah, and floss daily.

PHILOSOPHY

Tread lightly and create a wake of positivity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surfed couches before I knew about this website, living out of a backpack and meeting people around the world through an extended game of who-knows-whom. Now I live in Chicago and people come to visit me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I believe that even if you are houseless, as long as you have strong values and good friends, you will never be without a home. For awhile I traveled permanently, riding a flimsy foam sleep pad on a wave of blind faith, discovering that a clean thumb and a smile buys rides across the states. I've owned two bicycles and one sailboat but never a car.

One year on the path I tried to note every place camped, docked, and anchored until the notebook filled up. Now I have a guestbook for visitors, a few couches, and a roof. Kind, conscious travelers are invited before I hit the road again.

Interests

For a living, I navigate political-economic systems towards improving freshwater resources and human and ecological health.

For fun, I enjoy yoga, swimming, bicycling, Salsa dance, backpacking, ultimate frisbee, urban gardening, democratic participation, headstands, and kale.

• dancing
• yoga
• gardening
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• backpacking
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

I listen to Nora Jones and Django Reinhardt. I read the New Yorker and Foreign Policy for even keel. Vying for best author are Khaled Hosseini, Safran-Foer, Atwood, and Tom Robbins, who said "We waste time looking for the perfect lover, when we should be creating the perfect love."

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode in the World Naked Bike Ride.

I survived a roll-over bus crash in northern Laos.

I presented to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC.

I piloted a government research ship.

I lived in a tree-sit.

I won Chiditarod.

I cannot count to one.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to bake bread, write a winning grant proposal, and change a flat tyre on your bike. I can teach you how to mobilize voters, read Hebrew, and identify wild edible plants.

But not all at once.

I would like to learn to build a website and play Redemption Song on the guitar.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Thailand, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United Kingdom, United States