I'm an artist, a labyrinth facilitator, meditative / contemplative art teacher and a web designer from Vermont, USA, where I live with my partner, two cats and a retired greyhound.
I'm a Quaker, I love folk and fiddle music, international films and meeting people from diverse cultures and places. I'm a lapsed fiddle learner and love Quebecois, Cape Breton and Scottish tunes in particular.

I LOVE languages... years ago I studied Russian, Spanish, German and a few others, though my Russian and Spanish fluency is long gone. I'm currently learning Irish with a local and enthusiastic group of folks in Brattleboro, VT and hope to also learn some Scottish Gaelic.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I first heard about CS a few years ago from a member/friend. I love the concept, and have always preferred to stay in people's homes when traveling rather than places built for tourists. I like getting to know the locals where I visit, it makes travel so much richer.
We also like to host visitors here in Vermont when our schedules allow, assuming they're ok with a female couple and animal hair. :-)

兴趣

Pets, People, Traveling, many art pursuits: sketching/drawing, Celtic art and knotwork, Zentangle, watercolor, art journaling, bookmaking, weaving/spinning, knitting, jewelry making.
Hiking/walking, folk music, folk festivals, fiddle music, ceilidhs, language learning, folk dancing, international and Bollywood films, supporting greyhound adoption, anything labyrinth related, spiritual pursuits, books, traveling, being near water or mountains.

• animals
• pets
• cats
• dogs
• arts
• books
• design
• sketching
• festivals
• dancing
• folk dancing
• cooking
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• knitting
• drawing
• music
• folk music
• opera
• hiking
• communications
• teaching
• hitchhiking
• mountains
• forests
• mindfulness
• quakers
• fiddle
• bollywood
• irish
• celtic culture
• celtic knotwork

音乐、电影和书籍

My musical tastes are constantly evolving, often involve alot of mixed folk music, French Canadian folk & fiddle music, Cape Breton fiddle music, Scottish folk music, acapella music, American traditional folk, Gypsy Jazz, plus a bit of funk, Motown and eclectic stuff : La Bottine Souriante, Le Vent du Nord, Mary Jane Lamond, Natalie McMaster, Alisdair Fraser, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon, Manu Chao, Balkan Beat Box, Prince and a bit of James Brown. :-)

Books: interests range from fiction to non-fiction, travelogues, spiritual, some mysteries, pretty wide range. Currently reading alot of John O'Donohue.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Very hard to pick one - I've had a few adventures in this life so far:
- Raising the most awesome son in the world into adulthood is at the top,
- Hiking from the Myrdal station on the glacier down to the Aurland fjord in Norway and getting accosted by 100 goats (funny and beautiful!),
- Getting lost w a friend off a tour bus in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Russia and going to the Kirov Opera, then taking bus, train and hitching a ride in a bread truck in the dark till 6AM to find our way back to our housing.
- Walking in early morning hours from the north end of Iona to the village, and just being one with the landscape.
- Hiking on the Isle of Skye

教，学，和分享

Drawing, art, crafts, language related, travel, cooking local dishes.
I love learning and sharing music and dance as well, though my fiddle playing is completely rusty.
I would LOVE to learn some songs in Gaelic and get to a ceilidh or two.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Knitting/spinning help,
Labyrinth building / walking /drawing
a private meditative drawing lesson,
Travel tips in New England USA, parts of Canada and a few other places.
Some of the beautiful hiking spots near where I live here in southeastern VT.
Dog, cat and pet help and spoiling happily given - I'm very good at clipping cat claws. :-)
I'm an easy and flexible guest and host.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Finland, Germany, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

我居住过的国家

Russian Federation, United States