CURRENT MISSION

sailing to the moon

ABOUT ME

So hard to paint a portrait in this little box. I'm a pretty curious person and try to live each day with sincere gratitude, doing my best to keep the mystery and magic of life alive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

some hosting, some surfing. If you are into rock climbing and have a rope and quickdraws, I'm always down to go... so let me know and we'll plan a trip to the mountains!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

hosted a handful of folks in Fayetteville and Olympia. Surfed couches across the US on a recent road trip

Interests

learning. loving. laughing. traveling. climbing trees. climbing rocks. meeting people. landscapes. maps. reading. painting and drawing. sewing. dreaming. cooking and good food. digging around in the dirt. music. communicating through images. being moved by experiences.

I enjoy reusing objects, especially for purposes they were never really intended for in the first place. I also like the game of seeing things as if I'm seeing them for the first time.

Climbing mountains. yoga. jumping in freezing waters then quickly back out. meditation. gazing at the night sky. riding my bike around town and across states...

• dining
• cooking
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• magic
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• sailing
• boxing
• rock climbing
• cartography
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

currently listening to... Django Reinhardt, The Knife, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, most bluegrass, Sigur Ros, Four Tet, Ratatat, Animal Collective, Mum, Gabriella Y Rodriguez, Bonobo, Gillian Welsh, Mogwai, Rufus Wainwright, Do Make Say Think, Sea & Cake, Ravi Shankar, Zap Mama, Manu Chao, music from Mali, all live music... its endless...

i do so love graphic novels, nabokov, sarah vowell, milan kundera, ayn rand, gabriel garcia marquez, herman hesse, barbara kingsolver, bell hooks, david sedaris, the omnivore's dilemma, the lost language of plants, poetry by mary oliver, anne sexton, pablo neruda, walt whitman, lewis carroll...

and the painter paul gauguin.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A three-toed sloth and i had a staring contest... I'd have to say he won

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to bake bread and do basic maintenance on a bike... also the ashtanga yoga sequence.

i try to learn something from every being.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, Hungary, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States