Lee

Travel information

I am currently

Description

The paragraph below is no longer current because my husband Chuck died in 2016 but still useful for the information it gives about the various projects we undertook both for workaway, WWOOF, Couchsurfing, and home exchanges. In the summer of 2018, I joined a group from the non-profit choral group Village Harmony in Bosnia where we learned and performed 29 songs throughout the country and took part in a Peace Building project.
In 2014 we were Workawayers on a forest commune owned by a sculptor in Croatia. Under primitive conditions I shopped, cooked on an outdoor woodburning stove, and cleaned up for a group of 12 or 13 international Workawayers. This was followed the same summer by an unusual couchsurfing project in northern Albania where I helped out in a traditional Albanian village home, both of us teaching art and English to village schoolchildren. In 2012 we were Workawayers on an estate in Scotland, where we painted, cooked, cleaned, weeded, and assisted a small traveling theatre troupe. In 2010 we spent two months as WWOOFers (World Wide Opportunities in Organic Farming) in Ireland during July and September. During these two months, we transplanted nursery stock, seeded flats, harvested, helped set up and manage weekly market; organized compost bins; shopped for and cooked family meals; and did general repairs and maintenance. We participated in a six-week archaeological dig in Romania in 2006, taught in the Czech Republic and Moldova 2001-02, and served as U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers in Moldova 1996-98. In 1992, '93, and '94 summer seasons we worked on the grounds crew, in the kitchen, and in the office of a music and dance camp in New England. Chuck and I also participated in two long home exchanges--one in Madrid, the other in Amsterdam. I dance weekly, exercise daily, and am a choral singer.
Now I am ready to apply again to workaway.info and help out a host in essentially similar tasks as well as many that might come up unexpectedly. I am flexible as to tasks, and adaptable to a variety of different ages, situations and personalities. I am a good cook, really good at reading aloud to people, and I'm also good at picking up languages and tutoring,

Interests

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
French: Intermediate
Romanian: Intermediate

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Being an elderly companion

Charity Work

Languages

Teaching

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Some knowledge of:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

General Maintenance

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

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Able to teach about:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

More details about your skills

I am a single-family home owner, mother and grandmother of three.. I am a writer. I've taught English both at the university and secondary level in Europe and have published nonfiction stories. I have also cooked professionally in a camp kitchen.

Age

88

What else ...

I play the recorder, and participate weekly in an English Country dance community. This is my 11th year of performing the chorus of the Portland Christmas Revels, an annual winter solstice/Christmas musical-theatrical production I am an avid reader, theatre and film goer, hiker, and a resourceful cook.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  no

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  Special dietary requirements
  none