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ladyelms

the earth is my country, doing good is my religion.

About Me

I'm a home-birthing mother of four boys, ages 16, 12, 9 and newly born (June of '08), wife and best friend to one (17 years) and a midwife-in-training to many. I apprentice with a local homebirth midwife and when not speeding around town helping catch babies in the middle of the night, I'm likely doing the following: refereeing and/or counseling boys, chasing concerts, sipping margaritas, and exhausting every resource imaginable in my never-ending quest in finding that next musical inspiration. (often in that order) I'm passionate about women's reproductive rights, music, politics, unhindered birth, and being a humbled student of the universe. I'm a sleep-deprived slave to my groove, therefore music is my O2 and lattes my H2O. I reside along Colorado's beautiful Front Range and am pretty southwest of the political compass.
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My Interests

music, dance, traditional midwifery, ren fairs, art and street festivals, music festivals, downtown patio dining, performing arts, women's studies, matriarchs, feminism, motherhood as a radical social movement, alternative healing, ancient body wisdom, raw foods, cleansing, spiritual fasting, cooking, the hammer dolcimer, djembe drums, tribal instruments, drum circles, percussion, American tribal style belly dance, musicians, Tibetan chants, really great coffee and espresso, local coffee houses, independant bookstores, urban bustle, urban living, European gothic architect, Tuscany, fashion, high heels, vintage '70's chic styles, handcrafted stone jewelry, unconventionalism, old houses, live music, pre-raphaelite art, Renaissance art, John William Waterhouse and John Collier paintings, classical nude art, ancient sculpture, earth based spirituality, Eastern philosophy, mantras, mottos, Buddhism, Humanism, world theology, ethical relativism, philosophy, psychology, quantum physics, astrology, mythology, ancient folklore, cultural anthropology, sociology, alternate media, social progression, progressive politics, genuine democracy, sub cultures, conscientious consumerism, fair trade, ethnic food (Thai, Indian, Mediterranean), hiking, campfires, overcast skies, dusk, extended breastfeeding, babywearing, homebirthing, autonomous birth, Taking Children Seriously (TCS--look it up), left leaning libertarianism, laughing, loving, conversation w/ my boys, dates w/ my husband, girly drinks and the color red. Have you been touched by his noodly appendage? Try pasta.

I'd like to meet:

ben harper
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Music:

Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, TOOL, APC, Loreena McKennitt, Rusted Root, John Butler Trio, Damien Rice, Ben Harper, The Black keys, Thievery Corporation, Radiohead, Portishead, Massive Attack, Tricky, Krishna Das, Ravi Shanker.

Movies:

Zeitgeist, Unfaithful, The Gift, A History of Violence, The Last Samurai, Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, What The Bleep Do We Know, American Beauty, Crash, The Fog of War, Why We Fight, V For Vendetta, Man On Fire

Television:

N/A

Books:

Prodigal Summer, Memoirs of Cleopatra, Outlander, The Natural Child Project, In the Land of Winter, The Continuum Concept, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Baby Catcher, The Teenage Liberation Handbook, Conversations w/ God.

Heroes:

Galileo Galilei: "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." <a

My Blog

top heavy

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Posted by ladyelms on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:50:00 PST

Finally, a birth video for fathers

The Other Side of the Glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVf4rzam0Xo ...
Posted by ladyelms on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:29:00 PST

13 weeks and baby wearing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/coolmamajama/12weeks1 28.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/coolmamajama/12weeks1 35.jpg...
Posted by ladyelms on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:05:00 PST

My birth montage

Enjoy. :) http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/view_shared?p=6db7f1723 c689d0df0d35d  ...
Posted by ladyelms on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:19:00 PST

8 weeks

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/coolmamajama/8weeks01 8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/coolmamajama/8weeks00 7.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/coolmamajama/8weeks02 0.jpg ht...
Posted by ladyelms on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:19:00 PST

Like it was yesterday!

Rusted Root concert, 7 months pregnant--tons of fun; totally got dumped on! It was just yesterday, yet worlds away... :) http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=tqUJ44RcBrU&feature=relate d...
Posted by ladyelms on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:28:00 PST

Recommended daily allowance of sweetness

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...abyjude232.jpghttp:// img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...abyjude221.jpghttp://img.pho tobucket.com/albums/v1...abyjude200.jpghttp://img.photobucke t.com/albums/v1...ab...
Posted by ladyelms on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:15:00 PST

Introducing Jude River

Born at home peacefully unassisted into his father's hands at 10:09am on June 4th after 12 hours of love and labor. He weighed 7lbs., 10oz. and I couldn't have asked for a more perfectly nor...
Posted by ladyelms on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:32:00 PST

Why homebirth? For the curious and uninformed.

Beautiful, informative and inspiring montage w/ statistics and evidence-based info. created by the lovely homebirth midwife, Pamela Hines-Powell of Salem, Oregon. (I'm excited to finally post/share it...
Posted by ladyelms on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:58:00 PST

Like Heaven Into My Hands

Lovely... http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/%7Etm322203/Midwife/
Posted by ladyelms on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:06:00 PST