CURRENT MISSION

awareness, compassion, loving kindness, and to appreciate all of the beauty and diversity in this world

ABOUT ME

I have been living in Asheville for almost 6 years and truly love these Blue Ridge Mountains. I also really love sharing my love for this town and these mountains with others! I am pretty easy going and get along well with most anyone. I love sharing and listening and learning! I would love to me you!!

PHILOSOPHY

"you've got so much to say, say what you mean, mean what you're thinking and think anything. why must you waste your life away? you've got to live for today then let it go..." -Cat Stevens :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

host, surf, share, learn

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed more couches and carpets in my life than i could count... teaches you a lot about people. I have had some absolutely lovely visitors through couchsurfing as well as wonderful hosts. I have never had a bad experience. Absolutely love this community!

Interests

playing guitar, writing poetry and music, photography, yerba mate, cooking good vegan food (especially when kale is involved), hangin out, talking, silence, being silly, meeting laid back people, going to shows, hiking, swimming, crafting and creating art (particularly stained glass), loving...

• cats
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• vegan
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• swimming
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Shovels and Rope, Portugal. The Man, Blind Pilot, David Grisman, OCMS, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, The Band, Rat Lamontagne, Ben Sollee, Van Morrison, and many many others! Love Bluegrass, Reggae, Soul, and all other kinds. Especially love being introduced to something new :)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Harold and Maude, Benny and Joon, etc.

Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami (and most books by Haruki Murakami), The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, The Wisdom Anthology of North American Buddhist Poetry, The Sun at Midnight (poetry of muso soseki), mirror for the moon (poetry of monk saigyo), a river sutra

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

traveled to bodh gaya to visit the bodhi tree (the place of the Buddha's enlightenment)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States