to meet other beautiful people actively relying on the kindness of strangers and helping to imagine life beyond the money matrix. it's been a pleasure to host travelers in Philly- so many interesting people have passed through for countless different reasons. I love exchanging stories and ideas, hearing about other places in the word, sharing what I like about my hometown and seeing it through new eyes. After years of just hosting, I finally couchsurfed last winter in Seattle and Portland. Both experiences were wonderful! It feels so important to make real connections with people in the places I pass through and couchsurfing was the perfect way to do that.

Broadcast, Digable Planets, Sun Ra, John Fahey, Malvina Reynolds, so much more! Samsara, Born in Flames, Zabriskie Point, The Secret Life of Plants, lots of documentaries. The Great Cosmic Mother, Women Who Run With Wolves, Caliban and the Witch, Spell of the Sensuous, Too Loud a Solitude, Radical Mycology. Poems by Marge Piercy.