CURRENT MISSION

new world old world

ABOUT ME

I live and work in Ithaca and grew up in Illinois. I like to cycle, dance, cook, put together amateur theatre, talk politics or linguistics, play piano and mbira, drink tea, sip beer.

I've studied Geography and worked in International Development. I spent two years in Senegal, and worked in Ghana and Nigeria. The people, languages, music, food, and social issues of West Africa are important to me.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

People have been incredibly hospitable and open everywhere I've traveled. Couchsurf-hosting is a way to return the favor.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couchsurfed in Seattle, Portland, England, and Senegal. Amazing hosts have shared with me their recipes, stories, drinking holes, and secret berry-picking spots.

兴趣

Bread-baking, yogurt-making, dancing (capoeira, tango, mbalax, contra), environments, languages, bike trips, hill-walking, village life, chatting, tea-pouring, political ecology, African music, classical piano, mbira.

• dancing
• tango
• capoeira
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• beer
• baking
• walking
• drinking
• politics
• music
• piano
• cycling
• ecology
• geography
• languages
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

Music: Habib Koité, Josh Ritter, Cake, Brahms, Baaba Maal, Boubacar Traore, Cheikh Lo, Fela Kuti, Thomas Mapfumo, Ali Farka Toure, The Wandering Sons, Ben Folds, Radiohead, Yann Tiersen, Schumann, Beethoven, Chopin.

Radio shows: PRI's The World, This American Life, A Prairie Home Companion.

Books: A Tale of Two Cities, River Town, Prodigal Summer, The Heart of the Matter, On Being Free, Grendel, Nightwatch, Les bous de bois de Dieu.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

My friend and I walked along the riverbed of the Nfiss River in Western Morocco. We saw children playing in the water and people bringing water to their gardens. There were groves of almond trees at the foot of dry, orange mountains. It was the most beautiful place I've seen.

教，学，和分享

I love learning languages. I speak French, Wolof and some Pular (Fuuta Jallon dialect). I'm no expert, but I love to marvel at and debate language and how it shapes life.

我游览过的国家

Morocco

我居住过的国家

Panama, Senegal, United States

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