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Trula

Trula Breckenridge

About Me

Had a loooooong bio here, changing up 'cause I'm all about keeping things short & simple in 2008. The basics:

Age: 36 Occupation: Writer I have: a Bookstore Mood: Positive Cultural Identity: American Black Marital Status: Married Children: 3 Dietary: Vegetarian Fitness: Marathon Eco-Friendly: Yes Horoscope: Capricorn Why Mercury: Sci-fi Languages: English fluent, limp along French & Spanish Gardening: Avid Religion: Spiritual, no affiliation Fashion: Earthy Twitter: Follow me, I'll add you backand YES, it's all my real hair !

My books, zine, and stuff:

My Interests

eco-living, straw bale houses, biking, yoga, fitness in general, swimming, vegetarian stuff, beads and shells, reading, writing, web design/web stuff, physics, business, politics, art, animation, body piercing, plants/gardens, organized space, Afro futurism, African history, anti-racism, community gardens, reading, contemporary art, science fiction, indie presses, speculative fiction, personal style, DIY, agriculture, dirt, dumpster diving, survival, unschool

I'd like to meet:

Other creative-indie-DIY folks who produce their own stuff: books, zines, music, movies, whatever. Special shout-out to all my sisters from Nappturality!! and my peeps from AfroPunk and Hipmama!
My website: MSPmedia.net

Music:

Arcade Fire, Linkin Park, General Public, English Beat, The The, Lenny Kravitz, Destiny's Child Sade, Fuel, Master P, Public Enemy, Esthero, Neneh Cherry, Vertical Horizon, Micfiend, Filter, Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Deftones, India Arie, Local H, TLC, NOFX, Michael Penn, Busta Rhymes, The Verve, Incubus, Maxwell, Nina Simone, Cree Summer, Journey, Amel Larrieux, Dave Matthews Band, Common, Ani Difranco, Bob Marley, Fiona Apple, Ranking Roger, the Roots, Coldplay, Sun Ra, Dave Wakeling, John Coltrane, Pato Banton, Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, Zap Mama, Bahamadia, Ben Harper, Bone Crusher, El Machetero

Movies:

Afro Punk, Sarafina, Hotel Rwanda, The Quiet American, Trigger Happy, The Fly, L.A Story, One Hour Photo, The Mother, Shrek, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Matrix

Television:

Columbo, Absolutely Fabulous, Sesame Street, Lost

Books:

My books: Afro Mama : Tips and Suggestions for Raising Black Children, Dread Mama : Beautiful, Natural, Successful Locks, Mixed Mama : Nurturing Healthy Identity in Multi-Cultural Children, Supple Mama : Fitness, Nutrition, & Healthy Body Image for Moms, Teen Mama : Guidebook for Teenage Mothers and Their Families, and Veggie Mama : How to Tastefully Raise Vegetarian Kids. All books written by me, Trula Breckenridge. Others are Yellow Back Radio Broke Down, Song of Solomon, Communion: the Female Search for Love, Collectors, That Hideous Strength, Bullshit or Fertilizer, The Artist's Way, The Self Publisher's Manual, The Red Tent, Invisible Man, Arrow of God, Of Human Bondage,

Heroes:

Nelson Mandela, don Miguel Ruiz, Oprah

My Blog

Texture Bookstore & Indie Emporium Grand Opening

You may know that I'm opening a used bookstore. It's called Texture Bookstore & Indie Emporium and the grand opening weekend is June 27th-29th! My bookstore blog is here: http://mspmedia.net/textu...
Posted by Trula on Sat, 24 May 2008 08:17:00 PST

MSPmedia Project Collective

Here's a list of all my various online projects:MSPmedia Project CollectiveMama Specific ProductionsUltra Mama & Kids MagazineFamily FootprintTexture BookstoreVeggie Mama: Cooking & GardeningM...
Posted by Trula on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:47:00 PST

Holding off on Indie Artist of the Week

I've had to hold off on Indie Artist of the Week. I have a few folks lined up and want to get the ball rolling starting in July! Thanks for your patience....
Posted by Trula on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:26:00 PST

Be Featured on MSPmedia.net - Indie Artist of the Week

I'm adding a new feature to my blog Musings on Indie Publishing & Productionhttp://mspmedia.net/indieblog.html called Indie Artist of the Week. If you published your own book, put out your own album, ...
Posted by Trula on Mon, 28 May 2007 12:46:00 PST

I'm a Busy Bee

I'd like to be more active on here but I am involved in a number of events and writing projects offline that occupy a lot of my time, as well as online projects that are part of my business.  Dr...
Posted by Trula on Tue, 22 May 2007 07:48:00 PST

I'm Going to BlogHer

I missed BlogHer last year and it seemed like a cool event. I checked it out and I'm planning on going, if only to their first-ever "Un-Conference" session: BlogHer Open Space. It's just $21.75, so it...
Posted by Trula on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:36:00 PST

Motherfest 2007

After last year's crashing and burning of MamaGathering I held back to see if anyone else wanted to get the ball rolling...so far nada. So since it is now March 2007 I say we get organized! I'm callin...
Posted by Trula on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:32:00 PST

How to Submit to My Indie Biz

Ok folks here's the deal. I just posted some bulletins about book projects I'm working on we need submissions for. This is not Random House, Harper Collins, or some other big-name publisher. This is M...
Posted by Trula on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:50:00 PST

Where I Stay

      AfroPunkCasa IndabaHipmamaMama's QuiltMSP Mama GroupMySpace Page        NappturalityYouTube Page...
Posted by Trula on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 03:16:00 PST

Mama Gathering 2006

You are invited to attend Mama Gathering 2006! Cleveland, Ohio June 30th - July 2nd 2006 MamaGathering is an alternative multi-cultural mothering conference for women who care about their children an...
Posted by Trula on Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:56:00 PST