CURRENT MISSION

To learn and grow and share life. To commune with other human beings!

ABOUT ME

My soul rests in KY, but my feet and my curious brain can't help but walk all over the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Peace in happy mediums.
Live simply so others can simply live.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have couch surfed a couple of times with very lovely people and, while I have not hosted my own surfers before, I have hosted surfers in a friends' absence. We shared family recipes, hand-made crafts, and stories of people standing up for their rights.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

-My first Couch Surfing experience: I stayed with an industrious couple in Frostburg, Maryland, who shared their special roast beef-avocado-fig sandwich and delicious home-made elderberry wine!

-Co-hosted a Zendik Arts Foundation member in town for a craft fair in Elkins, West Virginia. Both of the above experiences positive and left me eagerly awaiting my next couchsurfing opportunity--

-...which was surfing with a German couple and their 2 daughters in Indiana, PA, during the 2012 Appalachian Studies Conference. They were so kind and welcoming and their daughters were a load of fun to share music with.

Interests

Language, cultrual sharing, sounds, Environmental and social justice activism, making and sharing music and stories, folk arts, permaculture, forest gardening, herb and tea gardens, cooking, nutrition, food justice, contra and other dancing, humans

• arts
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• crafts
• gardening
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, Herman Hesse's Demian, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Jerry Spinelli's Stargirl, Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eaten corn fungus in Mexico. Not my favorite.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: folk songs, Shaker songs
Learn: recipes, languages, different customs
Share: good food, music, stories, bike rides

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States