"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." -Saint-Exupéry

I've spent my life learning to listen... I'm still learning. I work at the intersection of plants and people. I love gathering folks together and serving tea, as a way of creating space for all kinds of magic to unfold.

I love storytelling, film, & photography. I dabble in the world of cryptocurrency, the new frontier of free speech. I'm @lovejoy on the latest and greatest experiment at steemit.com :)

I've spent some many years on the ocean, and love to sail... I've been landlocked in Minnesota for 8 years now since moving back to my home state, and I'm missing the ocean something fierce. Do you sail? Do you have access to a sailboat? ;)

Iceland has long inspired me. Maybe someday I'll be a fearless poetician like your own incomparable Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Maybe I'll just listen, and hear what the land of fire and ice has in store for me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel and make new friends, and to share hospitality here at my home.

Interests

• yoga
• music
• hiking
• sailing
• film
• go
• cryptocurrency

Music, Movies, and Books

Words:
Secret's of the Talking Jaguar by Martin Prechtel
The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martin Prechtel
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Poetry by Hafiz, & Rumi
Days and Nights of Love and War by Eduardo Galeano
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Biutiful
Victoria
Seven Samurai
Watership Down
Spirited Away
The Revenant
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Brazil

Music: (a very small sample)
Radiohead
Fela Kuti
Santigold
Lady Lamb
Outkast
Nina Simone

What I Can Share with Hosts

Tea service: I love to serve gongfu tea, and we will be traveling with a tea set and wonderful tea from small family farms in China.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahrain, Canada, China, Guatemala, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States