CURRENT MISSION

Sustainability

ABOUT ME

I'm from a small town in the Eastern Oregonian High Desert and those 18 years of experience were extremely formative. I'm a modern nomad/hunter-gatherer/migratory bird that looks for the reason for its instinct. I'm self-contained--never bored, but I would probably go crazy in an asphalt jungle. I always recycle and never waste and am forever wishing I could do still more. I have many kinds of laughs that I use frequently and I would call my sense of humor zany. I'm not a big partier, but I love dancing. It's also true what they say, I'm pleased as punch to wash dishes--the more the merrier. I'm dedicated to volunteer work and human and animal rights, and that means the right to have a healthy Earth too. I enjoy meeting all types of people (best is one on one, but maybe a small group too), sharing skills, talks, quiets, and adventures!

PHILOSOPHY

There is a soup for every occasion.
That's not really my philosophy, but it's true.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting when I can and spreading the word!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Positive. . . a reason to travel in itself . . . I can't wait till I have a couch again so that I can be a hostess . . .

Interests

Sustainable living, green spaces, organic/biodynamic gardening, vegetarian culinary experiments esp. soup, creative recycling, costumes, fashion, mono-printing, sculpture, paper making, bookbinding, language, hiking, canoing, sunshine, rooftops, lemonade, and small wonders.

• animals
• fashion
• dancing
• vegetarian
• gardening
• traveling
• volunteer work
• hiking
• hunting
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Not in any particular order:
Jarmusch, Fellini, Kusturica, documentaries, mockumentaries, bizarre comedies, spaghetti westerns Northfork, Deadman, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Instalacija Ljubezni, Lord of the Rings, Persepolis . . .

Talking Heads, Violent Femmes, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, Broken Social Scene, Cat Power, Modest Mouse, Fabrizio de Andre, Cajun/Creole, Flamenco, Jazz, Reggae, African, Balkan, Roma, 80s cringe stuff, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Nouvelle Vague, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Magnetic Fields . . .

Lately, a lot about the history of certain plants; usually I read nonfiction on linguistics, shamanism, ancient and world history, indigenous peoples, mathematical theories, biology, botany, religion, religious texts, brain research, sustainability, environment, Derrick Jensen, Joseph Campbell, Stephen Hawking; biographies of artists, writers and political leaders; art criticism; fiction Too Loud a Solitude, Labyrinths, Invisible Cities, Annie Dillard, Paul and Jane Bowles, James Baldwin, James Joyce, Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Lord of the Flies, Siddartha, essays, poetry, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Rimbaud . . . it's easier to ask me what I don't read.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Mexico, Serbia, Slovenia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

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