CURRENT MISSION

stay alive

ABOUT ME

I'm a wanderer, I guess. I love good conversation, good books and funny people. I enjoy being with well-traveled, intelligent people and listening to their stories. I'm always trying to make friends with people who are older, smarter and more experienced than I.

I didn't really start my life until I left the US over a year ago, and now I have friends all over the world. Travel and adventure have become like oxygen to me.

I like things that provoke a strong reaction. Books that make me laugh aloud, cry or pitch them at the wall, for example. I prefer a life that's rich and vibrantly real and full of passion, however ill-advised.

PHILOSOPHY

Be complete. Be enough for and by yourself.

Interests

Historical fiction, poetry (Millay!), writing of almost any kind, semantics, language(s), grammar, photography, running, most sports (I like to sweat!), traveling, taking risks, being close to/in salt water, trying new stuff, talking, listening and learning anything someone is willing to teach.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• photography
• coloring
• beauty
• running
• traveling
• sports

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In Turkey, a local friend took me away from the tourist-choked city of Alanya to a little town called Gazipaşa on the Mediterranean, about forty km up the coast. The water was completely, absolutely transparent, the color of the bluest sapphire and totally undisturbed. Clear water - wow, how rare, I know. But the serene, wholly untouched beauty of that place moved me profoundly. It was like seeing the world at the beginning of time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, Ukraine, United States