CURRENT MISSION

enjoying some stability at my new home before traveling again

ABOUT ME

I'm just a thoughtful yet fun-loving girl who wants to see the world, all of it, as it as, as it once was, and as it can still be. I'm an incessant optimist, extrovert, shameless flirt, free thinker and witty conversationalist... so I'm told. I'm confident but cannot take myself too seriously.

PHILOSOPHY

FAITH IN HUMANITY over fear can take you anywhere.
Reality is no less fascinating than fiction.
Magic lies in our memory and our imagination.

Shakespeare: "There are more things in heaven and earth... than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
"Here's much to do with hate, but more with love."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The more I travel or welcome adventure at home, the more I discover just how large and yet small the world really is, and the connections I've been fortunate to make with people from so many different walks of life remind me of this truth. Thank you for the summer postcards!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hosted three guys who'd come from Whister to see California. We had a crazy, incredible time for several days! I'd do it all again... My French surfers were fun too :)

Interests

outdoor adventures, uncovering treasures, bicycles, destruction and creation, the beauty to be found in anything and everything, healthy and sustainable living, expanding freedoms, shifting perspectives, both tactile and intangible pleasures, comfort in both solitude and companionship, escape routes, rain, lakes, lightning, deserts, mountains, rivers, music set to the madness, accents, art, smiles and laughter, poetic honesty...

• arts
• beauty
• traveling
• magic
• music
• outdoor activities
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The Stranger, Crime & Punishment, Desert Solitaire, How I became Stupid, A Clockwork Orange, On the Road...

The Darjeeling Limited, Into the Wild, Donnie Darko, Empire of the Sun, Me You and Everyone We Know, Garden State, Apocalypse Now, Fight Club, The Last of the Mohicans, Platoon, the Diving Bell & the Butterfly...

mmm... music! there's a time and place for everything...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

As much as I revel in the bizarre and unbelievable, I appreciate the small things in life as well. Perhaps I've never felt more moved than when lying still stretched out on the ground looking up at the sun or stars...
the same sun and stars no matter who or where you are.

Teach, Learn, Share

When we care to look and listen, there's no limit to what we can learn through observation and intuition.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States