CURRENT MISSION

Joy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had a great time hosting and being hosted.

Interests

• education
• environment
• outdoor activities
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Octavia Butler (Parable of the Sower, Xenogenesis series, Mind of My Mind), Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys, American Gods, Neverwhere, the Sandman Series), Jeanette Winterson (The Passion, Sexing the Cherry, Written on the Body); Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game Series, Alvin Maker Series); Robert Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land; Armistead Maupin: Tales of the City; Dossie Easton & Catherine Liszt: The Ethical Slut; June Jordan: Passion; Lloyd Alexander; Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials Series); Thich Naht Hahn: Old Path White Clouds &; Being Peace; Hermann Hesse: Narcissus and Goldmund; Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Michael Pollan: The Omnivore's Dilemma; Alison Bechdel: Fun Home

Music: Sweet Honey In The Rock, Ani Difranco, The Asylum Street Spankers, Macy Gray, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole, Dead Prez, Michael Franti

Movies: Tales of the City; The Philadelphia Story (and any old movie with Katharine Hepburn or Cary Grant); What the Bleep Do We Know; Stranger Than Fiction

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Mosaic Project. For the past five years of my life, I've been doing work with this phenomenal organization called The Mosaic Project. We do diversity education with 4th and 5th grade children in an outdoor school environment. It is mindblowing. I don't have the words to describe how powerful the work is. But, I encourage you to check it out. http://www.mosaicproject.org

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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