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melissa

Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about things that matter.

About Me

A new mother, I am rolling in honest, bare bones Love right now. Our daughter has brought out the highest in me. My eyes fill with tears daily, simultaneously opening up my heart. All it takes is a moment with my daughter, a radiant sunset, a Joni Mitchell tune, a powerful book ... I am moved easily and credit creative souls everywhere for putting that high energy out there.
BIG believer in the transformative power of the collective consciousness and the mind changing energy of Beatles tunes. All we truly need IS love.My husband and I are in the gem, crystal & mineral business. Crystals surround us constantly and we thank the Universe for the energies of light and love. Check us out at the link below:We also currently have a brick & mortar store in Westminster, SC at 220 E Main Street. Come see us!I am an avid reader, a strong progressive with even stronger opinions that i manage with a huge love for humanity in general. I love organic, vegetarian foods, and preach about the wonders of organic living whenever asked. I am enchanted with metaphysics and know that one day we will realize the full power of our thoughts and actions, harnessing them for the betterment of the world.Anything secretive, hidden or mysterious draws my attention.
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My Interests

Crystals, music, reading, creating, muscle testing, BEING HERE NOW, Goddesses, my daughter, soul work, yoga, book places, dancing with my baby, berries of all types, the smell of fresh books, baking bread, star gazing, raising consciousness, tea time, music, defending Gaia, fair trade & organic living, Waldorf/Montessori education, and the pursuit of truth, peace, Love, and true unity. GOD BLESS THE WHOLE WORLD!!

I'd like to meet:

All creative, loving folks ready for a new paradigm!

Music:

Biggest Influences? The Beatles, Phish, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Led Zeppelin and the Cowboy Junkies
Also love Gillian Welch, Natalie Merchant, Donovan, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Wilco, Circulatory System, Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Catpower, R.E.M., The Flaming Lips, Stereolab, Bjork, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Jack Johnson, Gnarls Barkley, Lily Allen, Digable Planets, Portishead, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Blind Melon, Polyphonic Spree, John Lennon, Wings, Bob Marley, The Innocence Mission, Suzanne Vega, Erykah Badu, The Sundays, The Shins, Syd Barrett, The Cardigans, Nathan, Zap Mama, MMW, STS9, Gorillaz, Burning Spear, Eric Dolphy, Thelonius Monk, Charlie Parker, Chanticleer, Medieval Baebes, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, soooooo many more ...

Movies:

The Secret, What the Bleep Do We Know, Koyanisqaatsi, Edward Scissorhands, all of Michael Moore's films, Stealing Beauty, Chocolat, What Dreams May Come, Il Postino, Dazed & Confused, Like Water for Chocolate, Alice in Wonderland, Amelie, Harry Potter, Frida, Garden State, Anne of Green Gables, The Gods Must Be Crazy, It's a Wonderful Life, Roman Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Love and a .45, The Constant Gardener, Crash, An Inconvenient Truth, Jesus Camp

Television:

The Office, Weeds, The Colbert Report, Morel Orel, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Lost, Heroes and 30 Days.
Fight Prime Time ... READ A BOOK!!

Books:

Current Reading List:
The Only Dance There Is by Ram Dass
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Raising a Daughter by Jeanne & Don Elium
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
For Your Own Good: The Hidden Violence in Child-Rearing... by Alice Miller
Some of my most favorites:
Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen
Griffin & Sabine Series by Nick Bantock
The Little Prince by Exupery
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Harry Potter Series by Rowling
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffengegger
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
Conversations with God Series by Neale Donald Walsch
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
The Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto
Stupid White Men by Michael Moore
Frida: A Biography by Hayden Herrera
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Woman & Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Love is in the Earth by Melody Everything by Anne Lamott, Edward Abbey, Sylvia Plath, Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, Sonia Sanchez, Anais Nin, Jack Kerouac, SARK, Doreen Virtue, Phillip Pullman, Maurice Sendak, Virginia Woolf, A.S. Byatt, David Sedaris, Elaine Pagels, Derrick Jensen, Daniel Quinn, Margeret Atwood, Starhawk, Tom Robbins, Margaret Starbird, Pablo Neruda, e.e. cummings, Natalie Goldberg, Marriane Williamson, Julian Barnes, Toni Morrison and countless others.

Heroes:

My grandmother, Margot, who survived Nazi Germany and has the most gentle, soothing spirit ... my parents, my husband and anyone who isn't afraid to speak their truth, "even though their voice shakes".