CURRENT MISSION

to meet colorful people and places

ABOUT ME

lets see...I eat candy and dark chocolate everyday, my favorite colors are red and orange.

PHILOSOPHY

"I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self" - Hesse

"The soul is healed by being with children" -Dostoevsky

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been staying on people's couches for years, but recently made my own profile....a brilliant idea.

Interests

reading, yoga, biking, swimming, hiking, tennis, knitting, baking, cooking vegetarian food with friends, drinking wine, eating chocolate, sitting by a lake/ocean, drawing, walking/playing with dogs, dance parties, playing chess cards and boardgames, traveling, preserving oak savannas, watching movies, listening to npr, sidewalk chalk, farming!

• dogs
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• chocolate
• wine
• coffee
• baking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• walking
• partying
• drinking
• movies
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• drawing
• cycling
• hiking
• tennis
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Hesse, Steinbeck, Rich, Woolf, Mernissi, Said, Dostoevsky, Montessori, Gardner, Abu-Lughod, Abouzeid, Bronte, Dogen, Borges, ahhh too many to list.

The Beatles, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Polyphonic Spree, Joni Mitchell, Talking Heads, Cat Stevens, Portishead, Edgar Meyer, Chick Corea, Um Kalthum, Miles Davis, Geeta Dutt, Budos Band... again too many. Basically, you can get me dancing with lots of bluegrass and find me at peace with classical and jazz.

For movies, I watch a lot of documentaries. Werner Herzog is by far one of my favorite directors. Bus 174 is amazing, and Battle of Algiers. I like a lot of Japanese and Korean films; gotta love Kitano. Big zombie movie fan. Dawn of the Dead 2 one of my favs. I also love the Simpsons and Futurama.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched a monkey steal my bag of corn flakes and drink my coffee in Shimla, India.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you want to learn how to knit, I always carry yarn and needles around with me. I also carry lots of tea, which we can drink and share while we knit.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, India, Morocco, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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