CURRENT MISSION: One day at a time!

ABOUT ME

People from Maine often stay local, but not me..

Sun-fueled bike-rider, swing dancer, music loving logophile, drummer, climber, early riser..

I had a spiritual awakening with some migrating cranes while visiting New Mexico and now 5 years have passed since I became a desert flower.

PHILOSOPHY

La sapienza è figlia dell'esperienza
~ Da Vinci

Kindness is the highest form of wisdom
-Talmud

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I couch surf and host to meet interesting people, make friends and learn new things.

I prefer to host women. My best couch surfing experiences have been hosting and surfing with women, so after 8 years of participation in the couch surfing project, I'm going with that.

In 2007, I had my first experiences surfing in Milan and Genoa. I have met good friends though CS meet ups while traveling abroad. When I moved back to the USA, I began hosting.

Interests

Reading, drumming, cooking & sharing food, watching documentaries, West African dance, Swing dance, ecstatic dance, any dance, observing/sketching architecture, studying languages, long walks, the bosque, riding my bike, painting, visiting museums, listening to live music, people watching, climbing, meditation, practicing taiji, yoga, qigong

• animals
• arts
• architecture
• documentaries
• sketching
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• cycling
• surfing
• rock climbing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by: Zora Neale Hurston, Morrison, Walker, Hooks, Any kind of Memoirs like: Hobo by Eddie Joe Cotton, The Pillar of Salt, Albert Memmi, Say that You're One of Them, Uwem Akpan, Land of a Thousand Hills, Rosamond Carr Ethnographies, Autoethnographies..

Movies like: Carlito's Way, Coffee and Cigarettes, Out of Africa, Gates of Heaven
Music: Modern Classical, Afro-cuban, Soul, Reggae, Hip-Hop

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen a Puja in a Buddhist Monastery with 300 monks.
Jumped off a 35 foot cliff into water at the bottom of the grand canyon *with my eyes closed* :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can cut hair, read tarot and make yogurt. I can drum, edit video, crack toes, climb trees and draw. I can ride a motorcycle and a horse. I have a daily meditation practice.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share the Rio Grande State Park .5 miles from the house, Los Poblanos lavendar famr 1.0 miles away, a peek at life in a flyover state, a listening ear, laughter, the love of animals, music, and art..and much more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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