CURRENT MISSION

And her heart is full and hollow, like a cactus tree. While she is so busy being free.

ABOUT ME

I'm curious, an explorer and adventurer. I'm sweet as pie and bake them as well. I'm a reader, a story teller and an art-maker/lover/finder.

PHILOSOPHY

Authenticity, unselfish love, empathy, tranquility, intellectual truths, good food, good music and good stories.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can't offer my couch at the moment, but I do live on a sweet island and I love to show folks around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet. Hopefully soon!

兴趣

Radical and holistic educational philosophy and schools, documentary films, really good stories - especially spooky, sweet, whimsical and unusual ones, baking bread and pies, organic gardening and farming, farmers markets, camping, art both strange and wonderful, architecture - especially art nouveau, poetry, old bookstores (I grew up in one!), really good espresso, knitting, drinking wine in parks, exploring abandoned buildings, painting, and lots of other things.

• arts
• books
• poetry
• architecture
• documentaries
• education
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• drinking
• gardening
• flowers
• movies
• knitting
• painting
• music
• camping
• art history
• history
• parks

音乐、电影和书籍

Books - Just Kids by Patti Smith, Summer Book by Tove Jansson, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, any all poetry by Mary Oliver, Walt Whitman, and Edna Saint Vincent Millay.

Music - Alela Diane, Connie Converse, Vashti Bunyan, the Magnetic Fields, the Decemberists, Karen Dalton, and any old time folk or bluegrass.

Movies - The Dreamers, Spy Game, Stealing Beauty, Unmade Beds, Brothers Bloom, Coal Miner's Daughter, and any movie by Cameron Crowe, Wes Anderson, or Sofia Coppola.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Starred in a award winning movie. http://www.orcasfilmfest.com/the-commute/

教，学，和分享

I'm a teacher at a the Salmonberry School, which is a beautiful example of holistic education at its best. See it here: http://salmonberryschool.org/

I work with a development organization in Guatemala that builds sustainable schools and homes out of trash. Check it out: http://www.lwhome.org/

I helped to create a free school in Washington D.C. Check it out here: http://knowledgecommonsdc.org/

Things I Can Teach: reading, writing, editing, growing food and flowers, baking, canning, knitting, art history, flower arranging, spotting old books that are worth something..

Things I'd Love To Learn: sailing, cooking really good curry, driving stick shift, speaking Spanish!

我游览过的国家

Croatia, Guatemala, Italy, Kosovo, Serbia

我居住过的国家

Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States