CURRENT MISSION

Keep learning!

ABOUT ME

I have decided over and over again that everyday-life is a wonderful source of amusement.

I enjoy very simple things in life, especially anything new. Maybe my brain and/or heart is that of a young child, but new and simple things tend to amaze me beyond words.

My heart is at ease most when I am playing with my son, playing with our pets, watching and listening to a natural body of water, hearing my friends and joining in on making music, and simply peacefully observing things exist in harmony with everything else.

I am an observer and a learner. I am a mother.

"A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him."
-Thomas Malthus

PHILOSOPHY

All experience, whether perceived as positive or negative, has unmeasurable value to quality of life.

Centres d'intérêt

Yoga.

Languages.

Music.

Mountains.

Biking.

Blueberries!

Sleeping in a cold bed.

Rivers. and Lakes. and Oceans. and Rain. and Lightning and Thunder.

Dancing (ballet, jazz, modern, all kinds, actually!).

• cats
• dogs
• writing
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• wine
• beer
• yoga
• music
• jazz
• cycling
• backpacking
• sailing
• languages
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Morceaux de musique, films et livres

I'm excited about folk music, bluegrass (yay fiddles!), the Northwest indie-scene, usw. Josh Ritter. Wilco. Animal Collective. David Byrne (alright, he's Scottish). Ambulance LTD. Jack Ruby. Good hip-hop is great too.

Some favorite authors include: Tom Robbins. Kurt Vonnegut. Chuck Palahniuk.
I generally love books in German (Bambi, Herrn Kukas Empfehlungen, currently reading Candide.)

Movies: Wall-E. Sonnenalle. Moulin Rouge. The Lion King. Pan's Labyrinth.

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

+Made a beautiful little human.

I really think it's the small things that make a person's life exciting. A few small things that I think are completely amazing-
+ buying a wonderfully rickety, old bicycle
+following a railroad for 26 miles in attempt to walk to the Ocean from McMinnville, Oregon
+living in Europe and making it BACK a year later (and hopefully yet again)
+riding a galloping horse over hills right outside of my hometown
+backpacking in Olympic National Park and Yosemite

Pays que j'ai visités

Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Slovakia

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

Austria, Germany, United States