CURRENT MISSION

And her heart is full and hollow, like a cactus tree. While she is so busy being free.

ABOUT ME

I'm curious, an explorer and adventurer. I'm sweet as pie and bake them as well. I'm a reader, a story teller and an art-maker/lover/finder.

PHILOSOPHY

Authenticity, unselfish love, empathy, tranquility, intellectual truths, good food, good music and good stories.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can't offer my couch at the moment, but I do live on a sweet island and I love to show folks around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None yet. Hopefully soon!

Interests

Radical and holistic educational philosophy and schools, documentary films, really good stories - especially spooky, sweet, whimsical and unusual ones, baking bread and pies, organic gardening and farming, farmers markets, camping, art both strange and wonderful, architecture - especially art nouveau, poetry, old bookstores (I grew up in one!), really good espresso, knitting, drinking wine in parks, exploring abandoned buildings, painting, and lots of other things.

• arts
• books
• poetry
• architecture
• documentaries
• education
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• baking
• drinking
• gardening
• flowers
• movies
• knitting
• painting
• music
• camping
• art history
• history
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - Just Kids by Patti Smith, Summer Book by Tove Jansson, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell, any all poetry by Mary Oliver, Walt Whitman, and Edna Saint Vincent Millay.

Music - Alela Diane, Connie Converse, Vashti Bunyan, the Magnetic Fields, the Decemberists, Karen Dalton, and any old time folk or bluegrass.

Movies - The Dreamers, Spy Game, Stealing Beauty, Unmade Beds, Brothers Bloom, Coal Miner's Daughter, and any movie by Cameron Crowe, Wes Anderson, or Sofia Coppola.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Starred in a award winning movie. http://www.orcasfilmfest.com/the-commute/

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a teacher at a the Salmonberry School, which is a beautiful example of holistic education at its best. See it here: http://salmonberryschool.org/

I work with a development organization in Guatemala that builds sustainable schools and homes out of trash. Check it out: http://www.lwhome.org/

I helped to create a free school in Washington D.C. Check it out here: http://knowledgecommonsdc.org/

Things I Can Teach: reading, writing, editing, growing food and flowers, baking, canning, knitting, art history, flower arranging, spotting old books that are worth something..

Things I'd Love To Learn: sailing, cooking really good curry, driving stick shift, speaking Spanish!

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Guatemala, Italy, Kosovo, Serbia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States