CURRENT MISSION

Live the Question- Evolve the Saints of the Kali Yuga Road Show

ABOUT ME

romantic and a bit mad

PHILOSOPHY

the arts lead civilization and thus have an obligation to play at the wake

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

we started out hosting 16 surfers in our first month!
now we're on the road ourselves ;-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

what an amazing tribe we've been privileged to meet!

Interests

horses *our Ponies!* and cows and goats and chickens and turkeys - reefs - ropes - ribbons - poetry - photography - experiential life expressionism - dirt - scrabble - aerial silks- telescopes - whiskey and chocolate ice cream - back porch music - organic farming and local food - grand adventures - ojitos in a chambord jar - sailboats - sunsets - snorkeling - sweeeeeeeet hawaiian sunshine - stars and moons and candy bars - Paint- drag queens in limosines - lizards - spiders - letters at 3am, and words...We love language and all its enticements!

• dogs
• horses
• chickens
• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• design
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• chocolate
• baking
• massage therapy
• movies
• knitting
• painting
• music
• guitar
• equestrian
• hunting
• snorkeling
• sailing
• swimming
• astronomy
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Hedwig - Angel-A - My Name is Nobody - Tuvalu - The Velvet Goldmine- Wild at Heart - Mirror Mask- Sin City - Benny & Joon - The Illusionist- Chicago-dangerous Beauty - Quills- The Libertine- House of Flying Daggers - Stage Beauty - Hard Candy- Hidalgo- Tideland - Holy Smoke- Where the Heart Is (Uma Version)- Sirens- Welcome said the angel-
Borodin- Jorma - Walt Mink - Rachel McCartney - Tom Waits - Jimmie Rodgers- Rosalie Sorrels- Marc Knopfler- Acoustic Junction- Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen- Josh Ritter- Pixies- Mazzy Star- Jeffery Foucault- Kris Delmhorst - Beethoven - Joanna Newsom - Old Crow Medicine Show- Pooka- Dave Carter and Tracy Grammar- Toni Price- etcetcetc- over 12,000 songs on MP3 - always looking for new audio adventures!
Oscar Wilde, Michael Ventura - John Crowley - Palahniuk - Gaiman - Neil Stephenson - Kingsolver - LeGuin - Poe - DeLillo - Robbins(Tom) - Steve Erickson- Norton Juster - Keri Hulme- Heinlein - Theroux(Paul) - Keysey - RamDass - Rumi - Brezsney - Robinson(Spider) - Ginsberg - The Beats - Burroughs - Hafiz - Lao Tsu - Varley - Annie Dillard- Spinrad - John Altman, Hernandez, Angela Carter, Tom Reamy, Shakespear, and lots of "lit'rature" as well ;-)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode across the United States on horseback (with a pack pony, too)

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach/Share:
Gryph: chicken butchery - train hopping - living in trees - seeing and painting - milking cows - farming veggies- aerial silk dancing- costume design- knitting-
Sea: horse communication/riding - baking - dog training - suspension - writing/editing - massage therapy - scrabble - catalyst- long riding
Learn: vaulting- astronomy- sailing - basketweaving - fire spinning- the art of physical balance- farming with horses - hunting- how to make $ with photography - guitar playing and harmony singing - how to make a comic book - and a web site - and pick a lock - languages- wagon building- making movies

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Dominica, France, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States

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