CURRENT MISSION

choosing love, everytime

ABOUT ME

my self-identity in the process of dissolution...
have at some point in this lifetime identified as scholar, radcial feminist dyke activist, mommy, buddhist, tree-hugger, urban pavement dweller, student, teacher, pilgrim, exile, devoted partner, polyamorist, working-class, bourgeois, anti-capitalist, champion of anarchy, new yorker, californian...

i'm into healing and keeping healthy with plant food, zen, tarot, following the cycles of the moon, feeling the earth with my bare hands and feet, journaling, unschooling, honing my psychic abilities, getting to know all the little selves that live within me, discovering my True Self.

PHILOSOPHY

the way of the plants: growing upward and outward toward the light, while simultaneously rooting into the earth. trusting the wind to scatter the seeds of life in new directions while also doing my part to sew what i want to reap.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and being hosted!

Interests

Training, gardening, biking, hiking, star-gazing, children, dancing, music-making, journey-making, self-inquiry, art therapy, stillness.

• dancing
• dining
• gardening
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

books: The Oddyssey; Don Quijote; James Baldwin, Another Country; anything by Marguerite Duras; Simone-Schwarz-Bart,The Bridge of Beyond; Acosta, Revolt of the Cockroach People; Doris Lessing, The Grass is Singing; anything by Rosario Castellanos; Elsa Morante, History; works by Audre Lorde, Michel Foucault, Ivan Illich, Helene Cixous...Dieter Duhm, The Sacred Matrix; A Course in Miracles; Zen Mind, Beginnner's Mind; Selling Water by the River; Journey to the West...there's a few from my shelves...

haven't watched many movies lately, but from memory: Toto the Hero; Manhattan; Lovers of the Arctic Circle; High Art; My Beautiful Lauderette; Harold & Maude; The Matrix, of course (but only the first one)...and laughs--stupid movies can be great for laughter.

Music: i enjoy classical indian, indigenous andean, electronica/fusion, jazz (miles, mingus, trane), women with guitars (ani difranco, suzanne vega, trish hinajosa) men with guitars (cat stevens, paul simon, some of my ex-lovers), latin pop (manu chao, jorge drexler, ana carolina), zionist reggae (matisyahu), post-zionist reggae (funset), bluegrass, amateur gypsy bands, hare krishna chanters...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, India, Israel, United States