CURRENT MISSION

live in harmony

ABOUT ME

In no particular order...

-Attempt to live naturally.
-Adore baking and cooking- gluten, dairy, and sugar free most of the time.
-Thai food and Indian food are my weaknesses.
-Horses are my passion.
-Anything outdoors.
-420.
-Queer.
-Love movies and art and reading.
-Learning is amazing, do it.
-I love tie dye, folk music, saving the world.
-Artist. I make art whenever possible and love viewing it.
-Conservationist. I am determined to have a positive impact.
-Activist. Educate! Be informed!
-A sunflower. Live life as fully and joyfully as you can.
-Current coursework in alternative health and healing, ecological economics, green business, and nutrition.

PHILOSOPHY

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. I would rather ride on earth in an ox cart, with a free circulation, than go to heaven in the fancy car of an excursion train and breathe a malaria all the way. The very simplicity and nakedness of man's life in the primitive ages imply this advantage, at least, that they left him still but a sojourner in nature. When he was refreshed with food and sleep, he contemplated his journey again. He dwelt, as it were, in a tent in this world, and was either threading the valleys, or crossing the plains, or climbing the mountain-tops. But lo! men have become the tools of their tools."
**Henry David Thoreau**

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Offering a couch when I have one, surfing to see the world!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed on many kind couches, offered my couch to hikers in California along with hot meals, laundry, and guided hikes in the parks.

Interests

the outdoors, books that leave you with revelations, tea, permaculture, compost, saving the environment, cooking for friends, cuddling, art in every form, horseback riding, hot cocoa, experiential education, modeling, naps, movies, adventures, sunflowers, being silly, skiing, gardens, helping kids learn every day, discussions, fires, Sargent Center for Outdoor Education, getting dirty, adventuring!, figuring out how things work, culture, Spanish, good conversations, animals, staying in my tent, massages, hairstyling, living with chronic pain, yoga, meditation, creativity, blowing bubbles, good vibes, festivals, frida kahlo, poetry, history, reading, natural history, science, comfy clothes, vibrant personalities, being true to yourself, unschooling, alternative ways of living, yurts

• animals
• horses
• arts
• culture
• books
• poetry
• beauty
• festivals
• education
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• baking
• yoga
• modeling
• meditation
• gardening
• clothing
• flowers
• movies
• reading
• music
• folk music
• outdoor activities
• equestrian
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• business
• economics
• teaching
• history
• science
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Mixed because, well, no excuses, laziness:
Frida Kahlo, Anais Nin, Adele, ee cummings, Denise Levertov, The Stranger, Composing a Life, Walden, Little Women, Tori Amos, System of a Down, Holly Near, Sublime, Stealing Beauty, Shortbus, Iron Jawed Angels, The Dropkick Murphys, Imogen Heap, Neko Case, Josh Ritter, Ray Lamontagne, Dispatch, Sublime, Grandma's Boy, The Color Purple, The Kite Runner, Fear of Flying, Alias Grace, Waiting for Godot, The Red Tent, The Virgin's Lover, The Other Boleyn Girl, Margaret Atwood, Serena Ryder, Missy Higgins, Lillith Fair, Lady Gaga, Pink, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Sarah Mclaughlan, Brown Bird, Ernest Hemingway, Michael Pollan, Albert Camus

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gathering to support closure of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear plant at the state house.

Served on a jury for 6 days in Boston, MA. Frustrating, hard, and incredible life experience, especially at 18.

Watching my students grow over the week I spend with them. Your heart will never feel so big.

Old Growth Redwood Forests... I miss them so much.

Flowers, trees, people, grains of sand- there is beauty all around us.

Teach, Learn, Share

Despite my Spanish minor I am embarrassed about practicing ("OMG I just used the wrong tense!") but love the language.

I have the best brownie recipe in the the world. If you like, I'll let you in on it if you promise only to use it for good. If you need allergy accommodations I am your gal, living with many intolerances.

I'm an environmental educator and work with kids everyday so I know lots of games and teambuilding stuff.

I garden and adore helping things grow.

Countries I’ve Visited

United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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