CURRENT MISSION

Trickle on home

ABOUT ME

For the past two years I've lived in Rwanda, the beautiful Land of 1000 Hills, as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Education. It has been a wonderful experience.

I love to spend time with my friends and family, especially cooking, baking, hiking and camping. I love music of many descriptions -- used to play the trumpet in my high school jazz ensemble. I enjoy Ultimate Frisbee and have been able to participate in a couple of tournaments in Kigali, but haven't played regularly since transferring from Oberlin College. I don't drink or smoke.

PHILOSOPHY

We all mean well.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Back in 2008 I travelled in France for a week and a half. I was able to stay with hosts in Grenoble. It was a wonderful experience which I am hoping to repeat. Since then I haven't had couch space; I don't actually have a couch now. I live in a very small village an hour down a dirt road in two 3x1.5 meter rooms!

Interests

Baking, cooking, hiking, backpacking, Ultimate Frisbee, reading, life and all it's weirdness.

• education
• cooking
• baking
• drinking
• reading
• music
• jazz
• trumpet
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• teaching
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Afro Cuban All-stars, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, The Beatles, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bobby McFerrin, Buddy Guy, Buddy Rich, Buena Vista Social Club, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker, The Clash, Colin Hay, Cris Williamson, Crosby Stills and Nash, Danny Elfman, Dizzy Gillespie, The Doors, Duke Ellington, Earth Wind & Fire, Ella Fitzgerald, The Fiddler on the Roof, Hepcat, Hope for a Golden Summer, Horace Silver, Howard Shore, Howlin' Wolf, India.Arie, Indigo Girls, Iron & Wine, J.J. Johnson, James Brown, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, John Doyle, Joni Mitchell, Julie London, Les Misérables, Liz Carroll, Louis Armstrong, Mark O'Connor, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, The Moody Blues, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Operation Ivy, Osibisa, Otis Redding, Outkast, Parliament, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Pepe & the Bottle Blondes, Rich Spence, The Robustos, The Sabri Brothers, Seatrain, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, The Skoidats, The Slackers, Son House, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, The Specials, The Starlight Mints, Stevie Wonder, Taj Mahal, Tenacious D, Thelonius Monk, TV on the Radio, Van Morrison, The Velvet Underground, Vinx

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went sledding in Norway by the light of the Aurora Borealis.

Saw sunrise on the Grand Canyon.

Shared meals with my family.

Did a self-powered trip across the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.

Became a member of a small community and a wonderful family in Rwanda.

Teach, Learn, Share

A bunch of random knowledge, novice construction and baker skills, intermediate backpacking skills, ultimate frisbee instruction,

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Norway, Tanzania, Uganda

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Rwanda, United States