CURRENT MISSION

Exploring the natural world and all living organisms in it (I like rocks, too).

ABOUT ME

I am a born and raised city girl with a wilderness first aid certification and firearms training for bear protection. I once had to play tug-of-war with a porcupine that was trying to eat my shoe. I can be shy and very quiet sometimes, but that doesn't mean I don't like you or am being unfriendly! I am a person who often takes pleasure in silence, but also values good conversation.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

At the moment I am jumping around from one seasonal field job to another, and so I cannot provide a couch for the time being. But I hope to at some point! For now I intend to be an enthusiastic surfer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Four countries, five states, and rarely a dull moment thus far!

Interests

Hiking, camping, birding, herping, mushrooming, cooking, blues dancing, watercolor painting, drawing, dozing, nature photography, playing Scrabble, untying knots.

• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• recipes
• painting
• drawing
• blues
• hiking
• camping
• ecology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: All the Light We Cannot See, The Overstory, The Song of the Dodo, Bastard out of Carolina, The Call of the Wild, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Poisonwood Bible, Demon Copperhead, My Antonia, Welcome to the Monkey House, The Kite Runner, His Dark Materials, The Bean Trees, The Joy Luck Club, and many others.

Movies: The Scent of Green Papaya, Whale Rider, What We Do in the Shadows, Amelie, Birdman of Alcatraz, Pan's Labyrinth, This is Spinal Tap, The Triplets of Belleville, Princess Mononoke, Moonrise Kingdom, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fargo.

Music: Crosby Stills and Nash, Little Dragon, Jeff Buckley, Erykah Badu, Kimbra, Lianne La Havas, Snarky Puppy, Janelle Monae, Huun-Huur-Tu, Anderson Paak, Hiatus Kaiyote, Fiona Apple, Leon Bridges, Joni Mitchell, John Coltrane, Led Zeppelin, Kendrick Lamar, Edith Piaf, Jethro Tull, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and too many others to name.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once worked on the arctic tundra for six weeks. It was beautiful and buggy. But not beautifully buggy.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love baking for people!

I want to learn how to become a better blues dancer and rock climber and improve my conversational skills in Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Israel, United States

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