CURRENT MISSION

To make the world a better place, and have fun doing it!

ABOUT ME

Lesbian, Healer, Mother, Rabbi, and Social Justice Advocate!

PHILOSOPHY

Nellie L. McClung
“Never explain, never retract, never apologize. Just get the thing done and let them howl.”

― Nellie L. McClung

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I bring healing to self and others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted folks all my life, and have used AirBNB!

Interests

Conversations over coffee; Reading; Spoken word; Womyn's music and literature; Lesbian Lit; Mothering, Mothering with a disability, mothering children with disabilities including AD(H)D and ASD/Asperger; Midwifery and all aspects of maternal health and well-being; Breastfeeding and Milk-sharing; Vegan/vegetarian and raw food nutrition and cooking and baking; Religion and Spirituality; Judaism; Deep Ecumenism; Community Development; Social Justice Issues of all kinds!

• literature
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• raw food
• vegetarian
• vegan
• reading
• music
• spoken word
• religion
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Chocolat, Rita Mae Brown - Ruby Fruit Jungle, Flash Dance, RENT, Babette's Feast, The Kohenet Siddur, anything by Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Assisted a woman giving birth under an apple-tree; Tsfat at sunset; aurora borealis near Revelstoke, BC; danced on a Florida beach under the full moon; wet-nursed a newly born babe on a El Paso birth center porch in the wee hours of the morn . . .

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach conversation and written English, (Biblical) Hebrew language skills, midwifery skills, breastfeeding skills, babycare and childcare, well-womyn health care, basic family and maternal herbal health care, gourmet and everyday vegan and vegetarian cooking an baking, Davenning (prayer) skills,

What I Can Share with Hosts

Chocolate, maple sugar and syrup, and a love books! I love to cook and to bake, and would welcome an opportunity to make a meal.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Iran, Netherlands, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel