CURRENT MISSION
I am trying to take planes only once a year because of the pollution from planes.

ABOUT ME

I am a fun person with many interests. I like to try new things: variety is the spice of life! I am artistic and volunteer my time a lot.

PHILOSOPHY

The older I get, the less I know for certain, and that's important knowledge. I try not to give advice. I try to put myself in others' shoes. Life is hard and people are doing their best, in most cases.
I am a fan of the Mexican artist and legend Frida Kahlo (but my name is Carla). 😏

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was active on Hospitality Club for many years (In 2008, HC had more than 400,000 members from 200 countries), and SERVAS (a non-profit organization providing a hospitality exchange service, founded in 1949), back in the pre-computer days!
I would be honored to accommodate a refugee or a woman seeking reproductive freedom!

兴趣

Cartooning
Writing
cooking
Walking, exercise
reading and book group
speaking Spanish
Dogs
hiking
books for prisoners

• cats
• dogs
• books
• cooking
• reading
• hiking
• volunteering

音乐、电影和书籍

Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi is a great book (fiction) about the short-lived country of Biafra.
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
James by Percival Everett

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

I traveled for a year by myself in South America. Great experience!

教，学，和分享

Almost anyone has something valuable to teach...and plenty to learn. If someone cannot listen to another, that path is blocked and I feel frustrated.
To people wanting to visit this country, please read about a German, Lucas Sielaff, and his American fiancé, and their traumatic experience being detained, even with a valid visa. This is happening not only to Germans but also to tourists from the U.K., France, Canada and the Netherlands. "Don't come here, it's not safe," his fiancé said. Sielaff is back in Germany after 2 weeks in U.S. detention (jail).

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Tea and conversation, cooking, knowledge of Seattle, yoga props, a standoffish cat, acoustic guitar

我游览过的国家

Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, France, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico, Peru

我居住过的国家

United States