CURRENT MISSION: Trying my best to be present :) On my way to NZ, and it's my first time leaving the country in 11 years! I am at a turning point in my life and have no idea what is next....it's time to WWOOF and let go. Practicing yoga, and dancing. I used to be a wedding photographer, and then an artist and barista. Now..what? www.livinglotusstudios.com

ABOUT ME

Raised in Alaska and living in Portland, I'm a coffee lovin'-art lovin'-dance lovin'-easy to please-always amused sort of person...I love to travel, and take photographs. In my early 20's I traveled the world in my mid and late 20's I was a youth counselor, art teacher and wedding photographer. In my early 30's I continued with photography and sold art.

PHILOSOPHY

If you smile at the world, the world smiles back.

Что привело меня на Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I joined in 2008 and then never really used it! I am back nearly a decade later and happy to see it still exists on the inter webs !

Интересы

Travel, Alaska, The Pacific Northwest, trying new things, conversation, walking for hours, music, biking, hiking, the way oregon smells, road trips, getting lost in museums, kindness in unexpected places, genuine smiles, discovery, reading, writing, endless doodling on paper, laundry(!), old pals + wine, playing devil's advocate, philosophy, love, simplicity, skiing (badly), watching the road, lakes, rivers, mountains, change.

• arts
• writing
• photography
• wine
• coffee
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• skiing
• road trips
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Музыка, кино и книги

BOOKS Pema Chodron, Mary Oliver, Rumi..... Adrift, Wild Swans, Guns Germs and Steel, Lonesome Dove, The History of Love, Siddhartha, Dreams of my Father, The Joy Luck Club, Kite Runner, Gone With The Wind, The Things They Carried, Calvin and Hobbes, Eat Pray Love, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Under Banner of Heaven, 100 Years of Solitude, three cups of tea, Love Warrior.
MOVIES:City of God, The Scent of a Woman, Good Moring Vietnam, Amelie, French Kiss, Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, Baraka, Life is Beautiful, Rocky, Casablanca, Forrest Gump, The Godfather, 50 First Dates, Out of Africa, Crash, Some Like it Hot, Hot Shots, The Young Frankenstein, The Spanish Apartment, Magnolia, Tsotsi, Gone with the Wind, Escape from Alcatraz, Love Actually, Into the wild.
MUSIC: Bob Dylan, India Arie, The Beatles, Alice in Chains, Credance Clearwater Revival, Bob Marley, Moby, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Shakira, Enya, Sam Cook, Guster, Billie Holiday, Kanye West, Simon and garf., The Wallflowers, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Modest Mouse, Jewel, The Cranberries, Jonny Cash, Willie Nelson, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Natalie Merchant, Chvrchs, The National.

Классная вещь, которую я сделал(-а)

Thaipusam in Penang Malaysia...AMAZING.

The Trans-Siberain Railroad....

The Kaisser Hwy road trip....

Whipping fete...Benin Africa....Togo...

Чем я могу поделиться с хостами

Stories and interesting statistics. Listening and cooking. Walking and observing :)

Где я побывал(-а)

Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cuba, Fiji, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Singapore, Thailand, Togo, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Где я жил(-а)

United Kingdom, United States