CURRENT MISSION

My current mission is to fill all the little holes in my life with kindness, service to others, travel, and tasty, tasty food.

ABOUT ME

I am a restless, old soul who has currently put a foot on the ground in a tiny town in the Rocky Mountains. I love where I am in my life. My kids are old, yet I am young. I've found my OneTrue Love. I finally have the job I have been working towards for a long time. I live in one of the most beautiful, secluded places on earth. My refrigerator is full.
I am most happy with a pack on my back and my feet on a trail. Hiking and snowshoeing are my therapy. It is my goal to turn my gift for teaching, my love of adventure, and my willingness to help people into my summertime hobby.
I took a trip to Nepal in the summer of 2014 to volunteer teach - it was life-changing... I live like a queen!

PHILOSOPHY

I am still working out my personal philosophy. I never really had much of a childhood, so as my kids have gotten older, I am looking forward to figuring out what I intend to do for myself and for others with this beautiful life I've been given.
The bones of it will be helping other people in a way that also helps me. Inspiring others to forgive, learn, experience and laugh.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I intend to couchsurf when I visit my son in college. It will also come in handy on road trips - I love to meet new people.
When possible, I would be happy to host couchsurfers at my home in Colorado.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The few experiences I have had so far have been great. I have also participated in WOOF-ing, which is a little bit like couchsurfing. Last summer I worked on an orchard and learned more than I ever thought possible about cherries and basil! I also spent time with a family whose mission is to renovate old, unused ballparks into community gardens for elementary schools. I hauled donkey manure until I thought I'd collapse.

兴趣

I enjoy the basic things in life most. Good food, close friends, a hard day's work - whether that is hiking a new trail, working in the garden, or hauling loads of firewood. I value a good night's sleep, a book I can't put down, and music that gets me singing.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• working out
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• snowshoeing
• volunteering
• road trips
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

Yes! Yes! and Yes!
My favorite movie of all time is Yentl - motivated, distraught, young woman willing to sacrifice anything for her education and her dreams.

Lately I have been listening to a lot of folk music, although my pandora profile reads like the ipod of a person with multiple personalities. Basically, I enjoy everything that doesn't sound like someone yelling at me.

Books, book, and more books. I'm an English teacher for heaven's sake! I love a good young adult novel, but I'm most happy with adventure non-fiction. I thought my heart would break into pieces when Three Cups of Tea author, Greg Mortenson, turned out to be a fraud. So sad.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Aside from growing two human beings, backpacking in the Boundary Waters Canoe and Wilderness Area in Northern Minnesota and Canada was pretty amazing.
While in Nepal, I saw: young monks excel at their first attempts at footbagging, the sun rise over Mount Everest from 5550 meters in elevation, a toddler standing nearly naked in the gutter on the streets of Kathmandu without a mother to be found.

教，学，和分享

Things I can teach: writing techniques, public speaking and poetry recitation, how to cook and bake, a few dance moves

Things I want to learn: how to speak Spanish, all about your travels and what you've got planned for the future, how to play guitar, more dance moves!