CURRENT MISSION

To enjoy every minute of life and to do no harm in the process.

ABOUT ME

I am a painter with a 11year old daughter and a live-in boyfriend

PHILOSOPHY

Speak no evil. See the beauty. Appreciate life and all the gifts which sometimes do not look like gifts. Remember the gifts. Appreciate. Be positive. Play. Work. Ideally make your work your play. Make your play your work. Do not complain but occasionally commiserate. Listen. Give. Be amazed. Be open. Love.
Being on earth seems to me no small miracle.
Gratitude can fix many an attitude. That's easy to say of course and if you are down, embrace your emotions as best you can in order to let them go after a while.
This may be pop psychology not at its finest but I am scrambling here to express my outlook.
Have I done it? I do not know but I would say I get a least a passing grade for effort.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have not hosted but had a wonderful host in Paris with Alexandra and am again currently looking to be hosted in Paris and/or the surrounding areas

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I wish to host at our home but we have a full house right now with my brother living with us.

Interests

art painting music dancing yoga philosophy meditation positivity path to enlightenment openness mindfulness

• arts
• beauty
• dancing
• yoga
• painting
• drawing
• music
• languages
• psychology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Foreign films, Somerset Maughm, Breakfast with Buddha,
Classical music , Jolie Holland, The Spikedrivers (Ohio) Bach Beethoven Mozart, Beautiful french chanteuses. Portoisehead, Bob Dylan, Buddhist writings. The tao of Leadership.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Viewing a star-filled sky with seals barking below at the foot of the cliffs at Big Sur, listening to soulful music in Cuba and dancing. Driving north in Spain and seeing red rocky hills that I had recently seen in a dream. Saved a life. Well, have not knowingly done this but that would be really really cool. Hope I get a chance some day.

Teach, Learn, Share

I suppose I could teach English and drawing and painting and Yoga (although I am not certified)
I also know how to make Kombucha and can't seem to stop myself from making it. It has taken over two fridges now!
I love to learn, especially languages and new ways to perceive life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Painting drawing ideas , Yoga,

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy