CURRENT MISSION

Collecting pictures and stories and putting them together in meaningfuö ways, currently training to become a funeral speaker

ABOUT ME

A badly dressed woman with style.
Talent and taste for improvisation.
I love jazz, tango, dance, a terrible cook, although I mean well.
I have one son, age 18.

PHILOSOPHY

"The secret of happiness is freedom. And the secret of freedom is courage."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None as yet

Interests

Things I know nothing about. New cities, places, people, different lives.
Pictures, art, history, the absurd, Polish circus posters, gladioli, Recife, Lisbon, the Norfolk coast, the seaside, wine, whisky, late nights, early mornings

• arts
• dancing
• tango
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• jazz
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Thomas Mann, Sebald, Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas, Diane Arbus, Robert Walser, Bossa Nova, Tango, Swing, Jazz, Blues

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent about seven years in Recife, a time which shaped everything I have lived and thought since.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can take you along to my Toastmasters Club - a really great group of people who help each improve their public speaking skills, cook together, go to a milonga - I haven't been for ages, I must admit - and maybe you can teach me to dance it a bit better! Talk about books, learn about music and what you are interested in.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Enthusiasm and curiosity!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, England, Portugal