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Overview

  • 30 references 17 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 43, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Designer
  • BS Ecology, Masters of Archictecture
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Hello All...
I live in a teeny coastal town in Midcoast Maine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have experienced crevices of the world that would have been impossible to find from a hotel room. Thank you to all who let me visit your community and see things from your perspective. Couchsurfing is fun, welcoming, nourishing and altruistic. What a life it would be if we all lived like this 100% of our time.

Interests

  • arts
  • writing
  • singing
  • architecture
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • baking
  • yoga
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • calligraphy
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm currently into I'm with Her, Twisted Pine, Gillian Welch, My dad wrote a Porno, YoYo Ma...

I don't watch movies too often, but really enjoy Harry Potter (reading them and watching the movies), old Meg Ryan movies (Sleepless and You've got mail), Pride and Prejudice (with Keira Knightly).

I read tons of books. Right now I'm reading Lilac Girls, a tale of a few young girls in 1939 Poland. If you're interested in a most visually beautiful reading I recommend: Blackberries in the Dreamhouse by Diane Frank.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some days, I have strength to fight for what I believe in. Even just defining and confronting our beliefs is amazing. Power to you who stand up, speak out, and keep on.

Teach, Learn, Share

Traveling is a vulnerable and exhausting moment. Let's help each other be recharged. Speak your needs, and I will speak mine.

I love sharing chatty moments, and quiet moments with good people.

I am swept away by learning, growing, and understanding deeply.
Tell me about what you love, what is deep and true for you, I will listen. Show me without words and I will understand better.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am interested in being useful. Some ways I can be useful: sewing/ mending, cutting hair (only if you aren't too invested in the outcome), cooking/ baking/ making delicious meals.

I am a self-sufficient traveler and find that I clean my hosted space as a Thank You for their generosity.

I am more likely to host than travel these days (written in 2025).

Countries I’ve Visited

Italy, Morocco, Portugal, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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