I've spent the past 25 years focused on raising my kids as a single parent and now they are grown. I have time to concentrate on myself and would love to travel again. I am eager for the adventure of visiting new countries, meeting cool people around the globe and connecting with other cultures. I'd also love to find online work or teach English along the way to pay for my travels.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I may try to teach English in South Korea or travel to Spain to help others learn English and may need someone to stay with for a brief time. Beyond that I really want to travel and explore other countries and space in someone's home could really help me out.

Interests

jazz music, animals, feng shui, politics, vegetarian/vegan lifestyles, housesitting, petsitting

Oh check out the t-shirts I design aimed for the healthy living vegan/vegetarian lifestyle at:

http://skreened.com/healthyrawcoolness

• animals
• design
• vegetarian
• vegan
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Beatles, jazz - straight ahead stuff - Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Terence Blanchard, Abby Lincoln - to name a few. Also Prince, Bruno Mars

movies - dramas, Being There with Peter Sellers

books - James Joyce Ulysses, Raymond Carver short stories, William Styron

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I couchsurfed before there was even such a thing. Back in the 70s I toured Europe with a Eurail Pass and remember meeting a Swedish pilot on a train bound for Stockholm. As we chatted he learned that my friend and I needed a place to stay and he promptly offered up his British girlfriend's apartment while she was on holiday. He gave us her keys and left us.

As everyone knows getting clean after days of train travel is a luxury. How lovely it was to relax in a nice apartment and soak in a hot bath - and this was on New Year's Eve. What a special way to welcome in a new year.This Swedish man's kind gesture has stayed with me all these years.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach English, share life as veggie/vegan, learn other languages, customs, share house/petsitting tales

What I Can Share with Hosts

my vegetarian/vegan lifestyle, my love for animals, how to be a single parent and survive, swap tales of jazz encounters in NYC

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, United States