CURRENT MISSION

make it to africa

ABOUT ME

I like to travel. I like to be self sufficient and I like making things by hand/from scratch. I like mountains, mountain music, hiking, reading, writing, knitting, growing vegetables, baking, biking, dancing, making music and drinking, preferably all at the same time!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in participating in local customs where ever I am, from eating local cuisine to seeing local dance, music and art.

I am polite and a good guest, and believe in leaving a place better than I found it.

I believe in conservation, and transitioning to decentralized, local economies and energy sources.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am on the road right now, mostly participating as a surfer. But I have definitely done my share of putting up friends, friends of friends, and strangers--mostly not through couch surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

So far just staying at friends and family's couches. Also where I used to live I put up many friends, as well as traveling musicians and activists that I didn't personally know, but needed a place to stay. I couch surfed in London once, which was honestly a mixed experience. But I'm optimistic.

Interests

Fiddle, banjo and guitar. Chess. Knitting and sewing. Mostly I listed these under the all-about-you section.

• arts
• writing
• singing
• dancing
• baking
• drinking
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Lots, but just to give you an idea: authors I like are Ursula K LeGuin, Derrick Jensen, Michel Foucault, Flannery O'Conner and Jack Kerouac. Movies: Battle of Algiers, Annie Hall, Inglorious Basterds Music: live, local, folk music, also jazz...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I lived in Botswana for 4 months, traveled solo around southern Africa. Been staying put in southwestern VA as I was in graduate school.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can give you a fiddle or banjo lesson, sing you a song, or bake you a pie.