CURRENT MISSION

To see as much of the world and to experience life as fully as possible.

ABOUT ME

I've been told Sagittarius don't have hobbies, they collect hobbies. While I don't know about that, my interests are varied and numerous. Originally from the Sierra Nevada mountains, I spent most of childhood between there, the Bay Area, and Stirling, Scotland. After many years on the West Coast teaching gardening and nutrition in the schools, I traded it in for the Midwest to run a local teaching farm in inner city Cleveland. However I quickly came to miss the mountains, and now call Asheville, NC home. Despite my tiny urban apartment, I still count myself a modern day homesteader with my window box gardens and slightly mad fermentation experiments.

PHILOSOPHY

My family motto has always been, "In for a fight, in for a funeral." If you're going to blow it, blow it big.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted a few folks in the past, but have definitely been more of the traveller type over the years. I also relish the opportunity to return the favour once in a while.

兴趣

gardening, hiking, knitting, fermenting, homebrewing, mycology, letterboxing, rocking the dulcimer, bookbinding, local food movement

• dining
• running
• gardening
• homebrewing
• knitting
• cycling
• hiking
• boxing
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

Wet Hot American Summer, The Garden, High Fidelity

Belle and Sebastian, Murder by Death, Shovels and Rope, John Prine, Joni Mitchell.

Jeff Noon, David Mitchell, Kurt Vonnegut

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I spent three months hiking the Appalachian Trail collecting stories and folk songs. It was an amazing!

I also did a solo cycling trip from San Francisco to Santa Barbara.

教，学，和分享

Anyone who is willing to share. I always like to leave myself open to experience and adventure, and like my grandfather always used to say: "It's a damn poor day you don't learn something new."

我游览过的国家

Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

China, Ireland, Scotland, United States