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Greenwich, New York, United States
@tracy44045295
Member since 2009
These days I live close to the earth. I like slow living. I'm a homesteader (in a small solar owner built house), an independent journalist and community activist. I appreciate the diversity of human beings and the diversity of nature. I believe in community, beauty and working together to create a gentler and more sustainable society where everyone has dignity and enough, and greed does not reign. I am by nature a grassroots organizer. I founded environmental and agricultural groups and various projects. I am proud of the great farmers market I had a hand in starting.
Interested in Cooking
Interested in Dining out
Fluent in English
Fluent in French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I vastly prefer staying with welcoming people who I can get to know to staying in a motel. I traveled a lot like this when I was in my late teens and 20s and it was wonderful. Ever since, I have always tried to find people to stay with because it creates a more meaningful experience and sometimes lasting bonds. Also the work that I have chosen in this phase of my life does not come with a big paycheck. (I have no references because I only used couchsurfing once before!)
Music, Movies, and Books
Musically, I am eclectic in my tastes, but especially like folk, blues, old rock and roll, protest songs, traditional gospel, some bluegrass and classical. I volunteer at Caffe Lena, one of the oldest coffeehouses in America. I like independent and foreign films and am a big fan of documentaries. I read a lot and love investigative journalism and big-picture books as well as a good novel, including classics like Dickens. Sometimes all I have time for is a short story though, which I might find in The New Yorker.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
As a traveler -- I hitchhiked around Great Britain for almost a month on less than $30 including ferry passage from France. (This was a while ago but I still think it's pretty wild.)
Teach, Learn, Share
I can answer gardening questions and it's always fun when people pick my brain on anything else I have knowledge about.
What I Can Share With Hosts
Homegrown veggies (in season) or my own kim chi or sauerkraut, stimulating conversation and new ideas
My Interests
I enjoy good company, gardening, nature, hiking, music, discussion, reading, and much more. I like to cook and appreciate many kinds of food, especially if its homemade and ideally organic. I am interested in health, the future of the planet, and lots of other things. I like to learn about all sorts of things. I've been involved in the organic farming world for since the 1980s. I am learning tai chi.
