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Weaverville, North Carolina, United States
@NaomiBatty
Member since 2010
CURRENT MISSION transformation ABOUT ME herbalist in search of adventure. looking for outdoor escapades, aerial circus tricks, dancing sweaty dancing, wilderness, DIY skills, new friends. i spend ridiculous amounts of time thinking about how we remake the world: harm reduction, collective decision making, radically altering our relationships with land, city, and each other. PHILOSOPHY "i just understand that its important for all of us to have fun. otherwise die now." - joseles "we are not required to complete the work, but neither are we free to abandon it." - talmud
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning German
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING fierce streak of southern hospitality
Music, Movies, and Books
MUSIC: coco rosie, avett brothers, beirut, devotchka, martha scanlan, old horsey, dark dark dark, hooray for the riff raff, do make say think, andrew bird, buena vista social club, brass bands, balkan, old time AUTHORS: silas house,octavia butler, ursula leguin, edward p. jones, elizabeth bear, audre lorde, sherman alexie, my side of the mountain, doris, blueberries for sal, the ethical slut, wild fermentation, botany books FILMS: Apple Grown in a Wind Tunnel, Die Krieger und Die Prinzessin, Secretary, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Salud!
One Amazing Thing I've Done
seen a lip busted wide open and mended in the national forest. helped create the most beautiful community house ever existed. lived to love.
Teach, Learn, Share
HAPPY TO SHARE: medicine-making, plant walks, discursive and practical exploration of feminism/autonomous community building/health care/alternative economics, raising food/gardens, clinical nutrition and herbal medicine, yoga/acrobatics/aerial skills, singing and music playing, DIY skills variously LOOKING TO LEARN: more climbing skills. better train hopping skills. new whitewater rivers. horseback riding. how to hunt and butcher large game. where the good dumpsters are at. all the local hotsprings. all the different ways that friendship looks.
My Interests
digging and planting, climbing/backcountry skiing/whitewater paddling, primitive skills, video art, elaborate embroidery, butchering my own meat and hide-tanning, speculative fiction, feminist/gender theory, community healthcare organizing, studying herbs and making plant medicine, cooking elaborate meals, dirty south dance parties, playing music and singing five part harmonies, silk stockings and lace trim, hitchhiking in skirts, blowing my mind, new places. . .
