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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 34, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Folk Musician
  • HS
  • From Sioux Falls, SD, USA
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am an advocate of self sustainability, local goods, and home gardening. I love to travel with my trusty hound dog, and most likely my male companion.

ABOUT ME

I may be considered a bit of a hippie, so you know. I am very open minded, and interested in all kinds of different things! My coonhound is very well behaved, potty trained, and loves to play with other dogs and meet new people, though she usually gets the hint if another dog doesn't want to play.

PHILOSOPHY

Do what you can for yourself
, while respecting others. Don't take anyone or thing for granted, and have no regrets. Your past lead you to your present, you wouldn't be you without it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Will probably mostly be a surfer, but may lend a couch here or there. There's always times for first hello's!

Interests

Music, Concerts, Music Performance, Camping, Beer & Wine, outdoor adventures, hot springs

Music, Movies, and Books

Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Indie, Grateful Dead

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got to hike in the Swiss Alps once when I was 17.
Most Amazing Place I've Seen Yet!

Teach, Learn, Share

Did you know that Honey Wine/Beer (Meade) is the oldest form of alcohol known to man?
I think it's cool that the women were actually the ones to discover the beverages, the women were fetching the pails of water and foraging, so when they foraged, and left some pails out in the rain, it began to ferment.
They took this stuff home and might have thought it looked gnarly, but they drank it with their families anyway.
"Whoah, this funky stuff is ...... AMAZING!"
The God of Fermentation from there on out was a female entity, as it were the women who brought this Godly beverage to the community.
The word "Honeymoon" comes from Honey wine also. Marriages would happen on a full moon, and the courting/frisky period (the honeymoon) lasted until the next full moon, all through which the couple would drink honey wine for fertility all alone, to make sure that they would get pregnant.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My couch is a Love Sac, with a potential puppy foot rest at the end. Currently, I do not have space for my couch, so will not be able to host for a while.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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