CURRENT MISSION

I like to learn, explore and experience all this great big world has to share. My interests are ever-changing and pretty vast, from permaculture and sustainable living to arts & crafts, jewelry making and culinary expeditions... religion, finance, politics, science, spirituality, crystals, you name it, I probably have an interest in it in some way, shape or form. I enjoy learning from other cultures and people and seek to live consciously and harmoniously.

ABOUT ME

Grew up in the U.S., studied languages and linguistics and now interested in growing my own food and living in touch with the earth and all she encompasses. Enjoy reading, writing and cooking vegetarian foods. Aside from these hobbies, I enjoy other activities, jewelry and candle making, hiking, camping, cooking outdoors is lovely, swimming, traveling, good beer, dancing, gardening, fermenting foods, smoking my hookah, going to music festivals and concerts, wine and cheese and many other things.

PHILOSOPHY

I seek to experience life to the fullest, which means for me looking in unexpected places or directions most of the time. I'm open minded, open ended, and open to new ideas, places, people, experiences, and so on.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have participated in the past with a bit of surfing, hosting and a couple of couchsurfing events. I'm looking to get back to my traveling ways and hoping to get more involved again!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have heard many positive stories and have already had some good experiences with it. Looking forward to meeting more new people in the future and participating in this fantastic exchange.

Interests

Permaculture, health and nutrition, medicinal herbs, organic agriculture, compost, gardening, farming, philosophy, music (especially electronic music but others too), languages, cultures, sustainable living, cooking, economics, shamanism, yoga, Buddhism, and many more...

• writing
• beauty
• concerts
• music festivals
• festivals
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• vegetarian
• yoga
• crafts
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• electronic music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• buddhist
• swimming
• agriculture
• economics
• languages
• mountains
• nature
• crystals
• fermentation
• natural medicine
• jewelry

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Phutureprimative, Autechre, Pantyraid, Bluetech, Mimosa, Gridlock, Muslimgauze, Ital Tek, Geiom, A-Trak, Koan, Shpongle, Pretty Lights, Stendeck, Third Eye Foundation, Bitcrush, Mt. Eden, Androcell, Kalpataru Tree, Zero Cult, Edit, Shakti, The Glitch Mob, dubstep, idm, more...

Books: One Straw Revolution, A Brave New World, Neuromancer, Fourth Realm Trilogy, The Humanure Handbook, The Art of Fermentation, The Fourfold Path to Healing, Nourishing Traditions, The Unsettling of America, In Defense of Food, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, Luka and the Fire of Life, more...

Movies: Eraserhead, Freaks, Metropolis, Inland Empire, Alice, Lost Highway, Brazil, A Scanner Darkly, Alice, Manufactured Landscapes, nature documentaries and not so many more (too many bad movies out there).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed to the top of Kilimanjaro! Stunning, but I have seen so much beauty and nature it is hard to decide which is really the "best."

Teach, Learn, Share

Can share knowledge about gardening techniques, nutrition and cooking tips, electronic music artists. Want to learn more about permaculture and farming (a never-ending learning process) and can also share what I have learned about these things. I would very much like to learn more Spanish!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, Slovakia, Spain, Tanzania, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, United States

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