CURRENT MISSION

to suck all the marrow out of life

ABOUT ME

I will someday be a hip homeschooling mama who lives in a bungalow or a tree house, but for now I'm a pale lady that has a big garden, loves baking and birds, and left her heart in Ecuador. Did anyone else grow up palying GIJoe while their parents were arguing and throwing antique clocks at eachother? Gregarious by nature, nonetheless independent and not afraid of being alone. Distractions include collecting scrap metal and small pieces of broken glass. Lukewarm practitioner of escapism. I eat my vegetables raw and avoid two-ply toilet paper. Please don't bother if you have little or no experience growing up in a tidy house with half nuclear parents. I know we just met, but can I meet your mother? Does she vacuum regularly?

PHILOSOPHY

I'm living to get to heaven

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Find them, sit on them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All the couches, all the places.

Interests

playing my violin in cemeteries, writing some "poetry", old record players, tall glasses of wine, strike anywhere matches, making forts, a good game of cribbage, booths at restaurants, traveling, chess, literature, dark chocolate, flying kites, petting alley cats, running alone, grapefruit juice, cemeteries, organic food, dimes, wool socks, doing laundry, clementines, photography, tea, language, good lighting, sarcasm, writing letters, receiving postcards, low voices, clip on earrings, laughing for real, jeans, rain, dried mango, being outside, John Cusack, philosophy, arguing, pomegranates, dorks, clean teeth, disputes, spooning, coloring, singing love songs on answering machines, walking, carrying things, FedEx men, domesticating, vintage boots, unlined notebooks, perfect playlists, little house on the prairie, cello concertos, people who play the cello, cello in general, bookstores, mittens, pushpins, noisy yawns, Jefferson Airplane, foreign films, falling over on cross country skis, windows open, sourdough bread, good pet owners, french press coffee, sculpting, musical folks, sleeping outside, hummus, holding hands, clouds, thumb rings, stones, adopting children, bridges, crickets, drive-in movies, trees, kite flying, bikes with baskets, picnics, river fishing

• pets
• cats
• birds
• writing
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• coloring
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• baking
• organic food
• running
• walking
• flying
• gardening
• movies
• chess
• traveling
• kite flying
• piano
• violin
• fishing
• camping
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: apocalypto, el laberinto del fauno, el orfanato, motorcycle diaries, coffee and cigarettes, willow, the princess bride, under the piano, dead poets society, que tan lejos, waiting for guffman, maria full of grace, proof, say anything, hilary and jackie, the song of bernadette, the passion, one flew over the cuckoo's nest
MUSIC: pretty much just bob dylan and david kruse originals... andrew bird, royal tenenbaums soundtrack, mason jennings, pedro the lion, NEIL YOUNG, Belle and Sebastian, the white stripes, the eels, rufus wainwright, muse, frou frou, frank sinatra, cake, the flaming lips, joni mitchell, gershwin, leonard cohen, neutral milk hotel, the strokes, the arcade fire, modest mouse, tom waits, yo la tengo, johnny cash, the mars volta, glenn miller, iron and wine, devendra banhart, billie holiday, electric light orchestra, frederic chopin, polyphonic spree, wilco, sufjan stevens, bbc symphony orchestra, duke ellington
BOOKS: Crunchy Cons, billy collins: nine horses, Harper Lee: to kill a mockingbird, GGM: love in the time of cholera, anything Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Rainer Maria Rilke

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I visited Hirosaki, Japan in 2002, I got to visit their "heaven," or the place they believe you go when you die.
I've also seen my pet cats give birth to kittens about 2 dozen times.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play the violin and piano.
I can't sing but I can cook.
I love to bake bread and pastries.
And I can make you some of the best mexican coffee you've ever tasted.

What I Can Share with Hosts

kayaks, canoes, farm eggs, gardens, backyard camping, bicycling, bonfires, fishing

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Japan, Mexico, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ecuador, United States