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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Russian, Spanish
  • 36, Female
  • Member since 2013
  • Currently wandering to various volunteer/work-trade jobs ...
  • BA in Sociology, minor in Nonprofit Management, 13 years ...
  • From Salem, OR
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To start an urban farming community with friends and family

ABOUT ME

I'm a somewhat-recent college graduate, passionate about social and environmental issues, who loves community-living and homegrown food.

PHILOSOPHY

The universe is conspiring to shower us all with blessings :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a few couchsurfers, mostly people from an intentional community I once lived at. I love sharing my home with others, and offering people a chill place to rest.

Interests

Urban permaculture, organic gardening, food security, environmental education, homesteading, books, group sing-alongs

  • books
  • singing
  • education
  • dining
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • gardening
  • homesteading
  • teaching
  • history

Music, Movies, and Books

The best music is played live in my living room.

I love books, and am usually reading at least one fiction and one nonfiction book at any time.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I harvested honey from a bee hive, and was surrounded with buzzing, slightly angry bees. I only got stung once. I ate more honey than any one person should eat in a day, and saved some of the wax. Later I made a candle out of the wax. Probably one of my proudest moments :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some basic cooking skills, including making one kind of bread, and all kinds of pie. I also know basic food preservation/fermentation skills, as well as brewing kombucha. I can also teach you the words to any songs that I know... there are a lot.

I love to learn new recipes, and new songs. I love for people to explain history or sciencey things to me.

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