CURRENT MISSION

Live up to my namesake, 'Life.'

ABOUT ME

I grew up in New York state, and then grew up a second time in Portland, Oregon. Both are home to me.

See "Interests."

PHILOSOPHY

Think for yourself and love freely.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

One day I will live in a beautiful house where I will host people from all over the world. Until then, I'm coming to you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Be my first!

Interests

Coffee, warm weather, quiet mornings, poetry and prose, films, my guitar, fruit markets, the sea, pastry shops, cardamom and saffron, storytelling, politics, bicycle-riding, curiosities, South Asia, learning Spanish, interpretations, heart-felt activism, cooking and eating.

• poetry
• cooking
• coffee
• politics
• movies
• guitar
• fishing

Music, Movies, and Books

City of Lost Children, Amelie, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Harold And Maude, Lost In Translation, Amores Perros...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When we met a 15-year old boy in a fishing village off the coast of Kerala, India on a full moon night. He asked us, "Is there a moon where you come from?"

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn about who you are, where you come from, and your community.

I'll teach you how to cook Indian curry, play "You've got to hide your love away" by The Beatles, and about where I come from.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, India, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Nepal, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States

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