CURRENT MISSION

Always running for the thrill of it!

ABOUT ME

CURRENT: I just finished a seasonal job at Emandal, a farm on a river in Willits, CA. It was *awesome* and now I've hit the ground running in Portland, hellbent on reinvention!

80% hippie. The rest is a work in progress. I am constantly moving, running, walking, hiking, thinking, writing or sleeping. I make art out of found objects. I write all sorts of things like short stories, love letters, plays, poems and to-do lists. i love to crochet, and i have too much yarn. I love to read, and i have too many books and not enough time. I love communities. permaculture warms my heart.

I thrive by being a part of something bigger than myself, and participating in the world in a proactive manner. I like to think that I am part of the cure, not the disease.

PHILOSOPHY

"art is why i wake up in the morning."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I got to host once before I flew out of the country, and it was a lovely experience. Aside from that, I'm relatively new to surfing, so forgive me if i make obvious mistakes in requesting couches, asking silly obvious questions, etc. I make up for it in washing dishes and making cheesy jokes.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfed in NZ and it was fantabulous. I met great people that changed the course of my life for good!

Interests

music [folk, indie, blues, swing, etc.], art [and making it], literature, [any kind, really], volunteer work, gardening, yarn, spinning wool, having deep conversations, leaves, bark, rivers and streams.

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• poetry
• make up
• running
• walking
• gardening
• volunteer work
• crochet
• music
• guitar
• blues
• hiking
• surfing
• volunteering
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Six Feet Under, Weeds, Juno, No Country for Old Men, Igby Goes Down, Thelma & Louise.

Music: Ani DiFranco, Sean Hayes, Brandi Carlile, Laura Veirs, Decemberists, Joan Osborne, Cream, Hello Saferide, etc.

Books: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jitterbug Perfume, Middlesex, Eat Pray Love, Till We Have Faces, e. e. cummings and Jim Carroll.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Volunteered for Archelon, Sea Turtle Protection Agency in Kyparissia, Greece. Giving a wee little turtle a fighting chance is something to be stupidly proud of.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can:
-drive a tractor
-shear, spin, dye, crochet and weave wool
-play guitar [kind of]
-make all sorts of art
-find ways to reuse objects
-pick a tree so fast you wouldn't know it had fruit on it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Greece, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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