CURRENT MISSION

Live life alive.

ABOUT ME

Recently engaged, new to the Pacific Northwest. Fan of simple living, quiet moments and good conversations.

PHILOSOPHY

Tolstoy's threefold path- ask less of others, offer more yourself, & do so from a right orientation of heart.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Few and far between, but very good experiences...

Interests

Tea, nature, reading, thankfulness and appreciation, sunsets and sunrises, living with purpose-consciously and intentionally, secondhand shopping, cooking good food, solitude, kind people, contemplation, creativity and resourcefulness, ambiance, etc...

• thrifting
• reading
• farming
• faith

Music, Movies, and Books

Ed Abbey, Wendell Berry, Chomsky, C.S. Lewis, The Death of Ivan Illyich, A Confession (Tolstoy), Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Rilke, etc.

Music-Much. Listener, Death Cab, Propaganda, Nils Frahm, Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Sufjan.

Food: Preferably hitting as many of these three values as possible-cheap, healthy and palatable.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Bolivia for 4+ formative years of my life. Saw and learned a lot..
I've been robbed at gunpoint.
Biked 120+ miles in a day.
Lived in Yosemite Natl. Park.
Lived with the Double Rainbow Guy.
Biked the World's Most Dangerous Road.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Coffee roasting & brewing methods.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Can bring you good coffee.