CURRENT MISSION

chasing woodsmoke and dreams.

ABOUT ME

social worker, aspiring gardener, adventurer. queer & trans.

I enjoy coffee, adventures, and notes in the margins of books. I've had chronic wanderlust since I can remember.

PHILOSOPHY

there's this quote from Lawrence Ferlinghetti: "all I ever wanted to do was paint light on the walls of life." I feel that way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and surfing and such. offering cups of tea and warm places to sleep, exploring and adventuring.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couchsurfed some and hosted some, and hope to do more of both.

Interests

anything old, button down shirts, anti-oppression organizing, attractive yet illegible penmanship, kindness, mountains, bluegrass music, Lake Michigan, traveling, early morning sunlight.

• books
• coffee
• baking
• traveling
• painting
• music
• adventure races
• surfing
• social work
• road trips
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: Audre Lorde, Leslie Feinberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Barbara Kingsolver, Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, Gloria Anzaldua, Walter Benjamin, etc.

movies: I saw Harold & Maude for the first time when I was 14 and it totally changed my life. I also love By Hook or By Crook and It Happened One Night.

music: folk and country and stuff in between. also, I have an undying love for Loretta Lynn.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have backpacked and hitchhiked around Ireland, taken a couple cross country road trips around the States, lived in a little cabin on a mountain for a summer in Yellowstone National Park, seen the northern lights, and spent a lot of quiet nights sitting on porches and talking with friends.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm not too shabby at: baking (I make a mean peach pie), one-match fires, academic things, identifying trees by their bark (but only if I'm in the Eastern or Midwestern US).

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ireland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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