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Overview

  • 14 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Learning Spanish
  • 58, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • No occupation listed
  • Bronx Science, Tufts, New Hampshire College
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

earth firster at heart, masquerading as office drone

ABOUT ME

I'm a bicycle commuter living in Charlottesville, VA with plans to move to the Pacific Northwest in 5 years. UPDATE: 5 years have past, we will be in Hamilton MT beginning Fall 2018.

PHILOSOPHY

Property is theft. Come on in (This is from the movie Reds)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Looking forward to welcoming guests to our yurt.
Previous:
We live quite close to the Charlottesville Downtown Mall and have a little guest room. We can lend you a bicycle too. Our neighbors are also couchsurfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have visited many intentional communities and stayed on lots of couches while bike touring and other adventures.

Interests

I am interested in alternative economics, organic farming and transportation advocacy. I also go to a lot of theater and do improv and hike.

  • theater
  • gardening
  • cycling
  • economics
  • nursing

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything by Barbara Kingsolver, David Quammen...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walked from Oklahoma to New York. Raised a child.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach bike repair, sex ed, gardening. I am training to be an EMT. My husband is a nurse.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, England, Guatemala, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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