I love music, bikes, food, cooking, fun, dancing, sweetness, beauty and life! I play the euphonium in a New Orleans-style brass band. I work at an academic archive where I get to handle really amazing historic documents from people like Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe. I also work part-time at an invention camp for kids! My specialty is helping kids make musical instruments out of recycled materials.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I occasionally host and surf on here...
Every experience i've had via couchsurfing.org has been totally inspiring and magical! one of my favorite couches surfed ended up with me being interviewed on the radio by one of my childhood heros! yes!

Interests

i love to listen to and play music, cook food, collect old things, watch films and ride my bike everywhere!

• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• painting
• music
• cycling
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

movies: harold and maude, encounters at the end of the world, amelie, me and you and everyone we know, my friend totoro, spirited away, the gleaners and i, amandla, mystery train, raising arizona and many more!

music: I love all kinds of music! it is one of the things in life that brings me the most joy. here are a few examples: the beatles, le tigre, neutral milk hotel, os mutantes, donovan, ESG, spearhead, the beach boys/brian wilson, old timey folk, sacred harp and shape note singing, funk, hip-hop, free jazz, music from different cultures and times, experimental, psychedelic, punk, indie pop and anything else that i left out!

books: extremely loud and incredibly close, feminism is for everybody
(bell hooks), the fifth sacred thing, the teenage liberation handbook, blankets, lynda barry comics, thich nhat hanh, hafiz

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

waking up to the sounds of ancient vedic chanting while watching the sunrise paint everything orange-red at the foot of a sacred mountain/ashram in southern India.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach folks how to play the ukulele and/or the musical saw! also play songs or cook yummy food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, India, Mexico, South Africa, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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