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Melissa

About Me

Oregon coast

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My Interests

I love reading, traveling, yoga, hiking, hot springs, going to births and catching babies, lovin' on my puppy dogs, gardening, canning, dancing, music, cooking, eating, botany, herbalism, Douglas Firs, good beer, bloody Mary's, South America, the spanish language, and rollercoasters. I want to learn to be a beekeeper and a better photographer

Music:

Bob Marley, Manu Chao, Ween, Fela Kuti, Phish, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Anthony B, Big Youth, Burning Spear, Culture, Dezarie, Jimmy Cliff, and Midnite - Talib Kweli, Antibalas, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, David Grisman, Bob Dylan, Curtis Mayfield, Cymande, Gillian Welch, Xavier Rudd, Talking Heads

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, Amelie, Spaceballs, Little Miss Sunshine, The Big Lebowski, Austin Powers (1 and 3), The Princess Bride, I Heart Huckabees, The Royal Tenenbaums, Best in Show, Say Anything, Better Off Dead, Hustle & Flow, Zoolander, and history, science & nature documentaries

Television:

evil! so, I limit myself to The Sopranos, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Alias, The Office, Lost, and Arrested Development.

Books:

I love them...some favorites include anything by Herman Hesse, most especially Narcissus and Goldmund and The Glass Bead Game; all Tom Robbins (favorites include Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates and Skinny Legs and All); A Prayer for Owen Meany; Barbara Kingsolver - Prodigal Summer, The Poisonwood Bible, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle; A Fine Balance; Ishamel; Love in the Time of Cholera; 100 Years of Solitude; The Alchemist; Anna Karenina; Midnight's Children; Holistic Midwifery Volumes I & II; Spiritual Midwifery; Susun Weed herb books; Blood Chemistry & CBC Analysis (Yes, I'm a nerd. A big one); The Book of Qualities; Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom...the list goes on.

Heroes:

My mom & dad, midwives throughout history, Bob Marley, the Dalai Lama, and Voltron