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jael (jennifer)

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About Me


Online Now Iconsmy fortune cookie said: you quiet nature and slow to speak makes you a trusted friend. erm, okay.i am a doula/single mama/high school english teacher/activist/soapmaker/jeweler. oh, yeah. i'm just your ordinary, garden(ing)-variety anarchist at heart, which i can almost guarantee does NOT mean what you think it does... & i loooove cats.

My Interests

i'm into jewelry/beading, painting, soap-making (the old-fashioned way), mama-ing, reading like mad, editing, midwifery, grammar fun (wheeeeee!), good music, sewing, collage& decoupage, artchix artist trading card swaps, 30's & 40's stuff What kind of ice cream are you?
You're chocolate ice cream!

You're passionate and sometimes a bit over-indulgent. You live your life in the most romantic way possible. Some think that you're a bit of a drama queen. You're quick to open up, eager to express yourself to those who don't yet know you.
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I'd like to meet:

i'm looking for: old friends, new friends, artsy-fartsy folks, single mamas, good people. ppl who want to seek god but not lose themselves on the way. midwives, wannabe midwives, doulas, birth ppl. anyone with a big huge heart. and cats, lots of cats... write to me at jcjoy13 at yahoo dotcomSave The World - One Click At A Time!

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Music:

i 3 all sorts of music... but mostly not radio music ever.

Movies:

my recent favorite movie: the prizewinner of defiance, ohio (perfect 1940's-'50's-ness). miyazaki movies, especially kiki's delivery service and princess mononoke. big fish, baraka, march of the penguins, the spitfire grill.

Television:

hee hee. we don't have tee vee here, except for videos (no broadcast tv). i mourn the loss of nova. i used to looove alias and lost, but somehow they've lost their relevance for me. oh, and oprah. i do miss oprah.

Books:

i love books! polly's birth book & other midwifery books, grimm's fairy tales, daulaire's greek/norse myths and troll book, norwegian-american history books, book of the dun cow, catherwood, norse sagas, without a net, a girl named zippy, elegant universe, edward gorey, kaye gibbons stuff, letters from young activists (CHLOE IS A CONTRIBUTOR!!!), east village inky, how i learned to snap

Heroes:

my heroes are people who fight for what they believe in, hannah taylor, mlk jr., amy carmichael, grace, moms, yahshua...

My Blog

sleep (or deprivation thereof)

ugh, i hate the ads on myspace! i am (gasp!) becoming MY MOTHER. no, i'm not having that devastating thing where you yell at your bitties and hear her voice, or the one where you realize you cook her ...
Posted by jael (jennifer) on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:01:00 PST

a poem for the bitties

i've been sickabed all day, and for some reason spent a lot of it reminiscing about chloe's early years. oops, she changed it--i was supposed to say chloey. when she was a bitty, we read this poe...
Posted by jael (jennifer) on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:02:00 PST

going places

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"  ''That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," Said the Cat. "I don't much care where," said Alice. "Then it doesn't m...
Posted by jael (jennifer) on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 08:41:00 PST

tea tree oil is toxic to cats!

i read a pretty comprehensive article about this at http://messybeast.com/teatree.htm but also read it months ago when i took up herbal cat care in the book Dr. Kidd's Guide to Herbal Cat Care (a...
Posted by jael (jennifer) on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:22:00 PST

impossibilities

"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half and hour a day. ...
Posted by jael (jennifer) on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:35:00 PST