CURRENT MISSION

To live with passion, compassion, humor, and integrity!

ABOUT ME

I'm a fourth-generation cattle rancher passionate about good food and transforming landscapes through responsible stewardship. I like my cows better than I like most people, but don't let that scare you. I just really like my cows.

I spend my time rebuilding broken systems, exploring redesigning economies through radical democracy and generally anything that involves overthrowing "the man."

PHILOSOPHY

To leave people and places better than I found them!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Total noob!

Interests

eating, cooking, gardening, animals, botany, knitting, reading, laughing, exploring,and changing the world for the better.

• animals
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• knitting
• snorkeling
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

I like movies that make you think. I have pretty eclectic taste in music, with a real soft spot for cowboy music from the 30s-60s. I'm classically trained in piano and have dabbled in jazz and pop. I play Irish-style tenor banjo, and I have a ukelele and an accordion that don't see much action, sadly. Mostly these days I play the guitar, at which I am astonishingly mediocre.

I like books that make me laugh. Tom Robbins is my all-time favorite. But I pretty much devour anything I can get my hands on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeling with sea turtles and sea lions in the Galapagos with my husband!

Teach, Learn, Share

cooking, range land management, systems thinking, holistic management, sustainable business development

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Wales