Garden-variety human, but not the kind of garden you plant after a visit to Lowe's or WalMart...maybe the one planted from heirloom seeds bartered for at the local farmer's market...recovering ER physician now musician, mom of 2 teen boys and a little girl love-child. I play piano/keyboards, sing, write songs, love my ukulele (always travels w me), pretty much pan-genre w jazz-blues = favorite (yeah, that jazz ukulele is something...)

Studied Integrative Medicine w deep dive into Multi-cultural spirituality, healing systems, and whole foods/plants as medicine before ditching the ER gig for fairly low-paying high-joy music jobs.

Chill, burner, reader, tree hugger, animal lover, yogini, explorer.

My partner is a viking, BPY patriarch photographer/videographer living in Charlotte, NC.

My eldest attends the North Carolina School of Science and Math for a few more months before he hopes to relocate to Berkeley, CA to study computer programming and genetics. He's a brass player, hurdler, aspiring pro gamer, eternally optimistic conversationalist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Amanda Palmer.

And I love people. And travel. And food. And fun times with people, travel, and food.

Interests

• life

Music, Movies, and Books

Tyler the Creator, J Cole, Kendrick; Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, Cory Henry; ALO, Jack Johnson, John Mayer; Nina Simone; Lisa Fisher, Anita Baker, Aretha;; Carole/Carly/Joni/Karen; Bill Evans, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis; Ray Charles, Billy Joel, Elton John; Stevie Ray, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Rosenberg; Hank Williams, Patsy Cline; Ola Belle Reed, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson; Sting, (early) Genesis, Supertramp, Chicago, Rush, Yes; Jobim, Steve Vai...

Jim Carrey stuff, Epic sagas, Jay and Silent Bob stuff, Good Omens

Cloud Atlas, Island, Breakfast of Champions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

woke up

Teach, Learn, Share

us

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, cleaning, music, conversation

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Botswana, Canada, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe