CURRENT MISSION

To connect, re-use, create, grow food, manifest world peace

ABOUT ME

I like to make things, from clothes to connections. I've traveled all over, but now I am more into my garden and making a difference, somehow.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have just begun...here

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept on many a couch, and many have slept on mine....the most extreme... was going down to mexico by land. My aunt's boyfriend said we (my companion at the time) said we should go door to door (at the border in Mexicali) and find a place to stay. We were shy, young, walking around a working class neighborhood... He went around and found a family happy to host in a few minutes. They were a sweet poor family who offered us a simple dinner. Their home was hardly furnished but they had a big TV and were watching Ghostbusters. They were extremely sweet..There was one room with 2 single waterbeds, which they wanted us to stay in. I don't recall other beds, but there probably were...anyway, we went into the room to go to bed. A couple hours into the december desert night, we were shivering on the unheated waterbeds. It was a long night. I haven't cared for waterbeds since....

Interests

Garden, art, outdoors, mushroom foraging, gleaning, cooking, making....

• arts
• dining
• cooking
• walking
• gardening
• clothing
• tv
• outdoor activities

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: In Search of Lost Time, Infinite Jest, Ulysses
Music: Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Jimmy Giuffre, Bach...among others
Movies...there are so many...Rashomon, American Beauty, Team America, Boyhood,
Hedwig and the Angry Inch...but i just thought of these...they might be different tomorrow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked through Nepal for 6 weeks...30 years ago! Learned Italian. Saved a diabetic guy from a coma with some sugar.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Scotland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Italy, United States