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Kim Beavers

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About Me


(photo by Graham Bird)

I'm an eco-conscious, peace-mongering, spiritually-motivated, proud mother of a 22-year-old firefighter who's working hard to protect his local communities. He's my true hero.I'm a believer in truth and justice, civil liberties, and a lover of the arts and nature. I worship Mama Earth and aspire to live my life accordingly as a matriot.I'm a merry prankster, a spoken word poet, a good listener, a softspoken loudmouth, a free spirit, an artist, a curious reporter, a crone, a child, an empath, a pagan, a seeker, a dreamer, an idealist, a smartass, a hippie, a goddess & a lover.I'm a fighter & a healer.I'm the one your parents warned you about.

My Interests



Kings Canyon (Photo by Kim Beavers)

Save the Oaks: Longest Urban Treesit in U.S. History (Photo by Kim Beavers) http://www.saveoaks.com

San Francisco polar bear (Photo by Kim Beavers)

Art, music, poetry, film, humor, politics, spirituality, yard sales, thrift shops, Scrabble, the ocean, old trees, nature, animals, children, photography, Trivial Pursuit, cooking, gardening, Pictionary, the mountains, hedge witchery, reading, learning, healing, laughter, dancing, bonfires, rituals, spoken word, rivers, skinnydipping, festivals, paddleboating, environmentalism, English pubs, bird watching, civil rights, coffeehouses, billiards, bicycling

Music:



Michelle Shocked (Photo by Kim Beavers)

Amy Ray, Indigo Girls (Photo by Kim Beavers)

Michelle Shocked, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Druid Sisters Tea Party, Cyoakha Grace, Claudia Paige, Tricia Godwin, Francine Allen, The Sky About To Rain, Pamela Means, disappear fear, Land of the Blind, Zap Mama, John Trudell, Azigza, Bishop Mayfield, Rose Street House of Music, Rebecca Crump, Irina Rifkin, 2 Funkin' Heavy, Melissa Crabtree, Pablo Sablo, Toshi Reagon, Angie Bowie, Todd Snider, Carly Simon, Jean Luc Ponty, Dido, Joe Jackson, Cat Stevens, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Roxy Music, Joan Jett, Neil Young, Lou Reed, John Coltrane, Joan Baez, Cowboy Junkies, Dick Dale, Jewel, Oscar Peterson, Van Morrison, Dexter Gordon, Pink, Claude Debussy, Joe Satriani, Crowded House, Shawn Colvin, Tangerine Dream, Leonard Cohen, Spiral Rhythm, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ludwig Von Beethoven, Bruce Cockburn, JenRO, Supertramp, Indigo Girls, The Toyes, Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp, Roy Orbison, Sinead O'Connor, Jimmy Cliff, REM, Bryan Ferry, James Brown, Velvet Underground, Culture Club, Koko Taylor, Vivaldi, Aretha Franklin, Tom Petty, Three Dog Night, Styx, Hank Williams, Warren Zevon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chris Isaak, Roseanne Cash, Annie Lennox, Rick James, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Gordon Lightfoot, Patsy Cline, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Eagles, Dixie Chicks, Melissa Etheridge, Tina Turner, Elton John, Jim Croce, Nat King Cole, Mark Knopfler, David Bowie, Lucinda Williams, Don McLean, Janis Ian, Loggins and Messina, Cypress Hill, Depeche Mode, James Taylor, Harry Chapin, Grateful Dead, The Go-Go's, House of Pain, Buddy Holly, The Mamas and The Papas, Ani DiFranco, Buffy St. Marie, Firefall, Jackson Browne, INXS, Guns and Roses, Tom Jones, Eric Clapton, Goapele, Tori Amos, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sarah McLachlan, Enigma, Glen Campbell, Tracy Chapman, Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Lauryn Hill, Diana Krall, Counting Crows, Bob Seger, Eminem, Dar Williams, Elvis Costello, Fleetwood Mac, Allman Brothers, Fats Waller, Kate Bush, George Benson, Stevie Nicks, Joan Osborne, Tupac Shakur, Janis Ian, Billy Idol, Kronos Quartet, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Mickey Hart, America, Tricky, Patti Smith, Miles Davis, B.B. King, Moody Blues, Talking Heads, Lil' Kim, Nellie McKay, Peter Tosh, Etta James, Patti Labelle, Gene Krupa, Al Stewart, Michelle Shocked, Linda Ronstadt, Patsy Cline, Alanis Morissette, Peter Frampton, U2, Billie Holliday, Prince, Frank Sinatra, Loretta Lynn, Arlo Guthrie, Meatloaf, Pink Floyd, Mary J. Blige, Nanci Griffith, Ravi Shankar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Lee Hooker, Norah Jones, Yes, Deborah Harry, Queen, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rickie Lee Jones, Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Suzanne Vega, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie, Phillip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Wyclef Jean, Luna Angel

"We Want Your Soul" (alternate video remix of Adam Freeland's song)

Movies:


Harold and Maude, Requiem for a Dream, Anna, Crash, After Hours, Drugstore Cowboy, Chocolat, Laurel Canyon, Happy Texas, Shut Up And Sing, White Witch Doctor, Pecker, Thelma and Louise, Down Came a Blackbird, Psycho, An Inconvenient Truth, Cape Fear, As Good As It Gets, Mystic River, When Night Is Falling, Scanners, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Jungle Fever, Uncompromising Positions, Videodrome, Brokeback Mountain, Higher Learning, Monster, The Birdcage, Love Story, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, While You Were Sleeping, Dial M For Murder, Pacific Heights, Kissing Jessica Stein, Better Than Chocolate, Boys Don't Cry, War of the Roses, American Beauty, Liberty Heights, Hush, Last Call At Maud's, The Color Purple, Rat Race, Altered States, Do the Right Thing, Banger Sisters, Treesit, Damage, To Sir With Love, Raising Arizona, The Family Stone, The Royal Tennenbaums, Sleepless in Seattle, Girl Interrupted, The Way We Were, The Full Monty, A Star Is Born, Midnight Express, The Exorcist, East is East, Saving Grace, My Own Private Idaho, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Sideways, BOOM The Sound of Eviction, Gia, Kinsey, Hang 'Em High, Three of Hearts, Desert Bloom, The Girl from Petrovka, Body Heat, Alice's Restaurant, Gone With The Wind, Like Water for Chocolate, African Queen, True Grit, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Timber GAP, Voices of Humboldt, Nice Dreams, Girl 6, Up In Smoke, The Scarlet Letter, Almost Famous, Nuts, Hairspray, Pink Flamingoes, Cecil B. Demented, The Godfather, Traffic, Rosemary's Baby, Deer Hunter, I Want To Live, Leaving Las Vegas, Days of Wine and Roses, The Birds, Easy Rider, Sister Act, Bound, Taxi Driver, Play Misty For Me, Desert Hearts, Antonia and Jane, Bloody Sunday, For Pete's Sake, Bowling for Columbine, Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, Rocky Horror Picture Show, When the Levees Broke, Silkwood, Blue Velvet, Running With Scissors, North Country, Spinal Tap, Office Space, The US Vs. John Lennon, Annie Hall, Death Proof

Television:



Weeds, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Lewis Black, John Cleese, Monty Python, I Love Lucy, Bewitched, Tales of the City, The L Word, Democracy Now, Northern Exposure, Bay Area Backroads, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Sex in the City

Books:



Starhawk, David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, Thomas Moore, Adrienne Rich, Mary Oliver, Alice Walker, Pablo Neruda, Richard Bach, Hunter S. Thompson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Diane DiPrima, Sharon Olds, Denise Levertov, Bruce Jacobs, Armistead Maupin, e.e. cummings, Dr. Seuss, Lucille Clifton, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, Leonard Cohen, Ken Kesey, Tom Robbins, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Howard Zinn, Amy Goodman, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Michael Moore, William S. Burroughs, Henry David Thoreau, Dylan Thomas, Edgar Allen Poe, Elaine Brown, Pat Califia, Judy Grahn, Robin Morgan, Betty Friedan, James Whitcomb Riley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sappho, Rosemary Klein, Walt Whitman, Rita Mae Brown, Kitty Tsui, Richard Brautigan, Joseph Campbell, Ralph Blum

Heroes:


I'm very proud of my son Ryan

John Muir, David Brower, Ansel Adams, Rachel Corrie, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, Judi Bari, Redwood Mary, Zachary Running Wolf, Daniel and Patricia Ellsberg, Angela Davis, Starhawk, Adrienne Rich, Robin Morgan, John Trudell, Jack Gescheidt, Doug Zachary, Jack Herer, Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, Rosa Parks, Joan of Arc, my son & my parents

Save the Oaks tree sitters (Photo by Kim Beavers)

My Blog

Random Thoughts On My Day Off

Haven't done one of these in awhile, so here goes... 1. Three Dog Night really rocks when you crank 'em up. 2. Just three more days 'til my girl arrives at SFO from Amsterdam. 3. If the Coast Guard ca...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:21:00 PST

Random Thought On Approaching Menopause

I'm really looking forward to becoming a crazy lunatic for a few years so I can come out on the other side as a wise old crone. (Repeat to self every morning in the bathroom mirror.) Peace,Kim...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:53:00 PST

Random Friday Night Thoughts

A few months ago, don't remember when, but it really doesn't matter, I posted a blog about weird random thoughts that popped into my pea brain. So now it is the Friday before my birthday, so I t...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:58:00 PST

Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet

Kings Canyon (Central California) Last night at our weekly staff meeting, we were asked a lead-in question as we usually are over some kind of ethnic veggie dinner (this is Berkeley, after all). ...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:10:00 PST

GREEN is my favorite color!

There once was a time when blue & purple were my favorite political colors. I was a dyed-in-the-wool east coast civil rights activist, and fought tirelessly on behalf of GLBT causes. And now I am...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:27:00 PST

I like 'em big & stupid

Many years ago, I lived next door to an old Irish drunk who used to habitually leave brand new condoms on top of my mailbox in hopes that one day I would leap the fence into heterosexuality. That day ...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:12:00 PST

I think I've been tagged...

Okay, so there's this interesting attorney on MySpace who writes interesting comments on mutual blogs of interest & occasionally writes an interesting blog of his own :)   Orangeesq posted th...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:37:00 PST

Should Vermont Secede from the U.S.?

Second Vermont Republic I'd like to hear what YOU think. And would you move there if Vermont did secede? Peace,Kim...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:34:00 PST

DRUID SISTERS ROCK BERKELEY!

Woo hoo! The Druid Sisters Tea Party has finally made it to YouTube! Check out this amazing all-grrl Celtic rock band here: Druid Sisters on YouTube another YouTube video of the Druid Sisters (Also,...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:23:00 PST

Lizz Wright is a Goddess!

It's a full moon tonight and I am completely enchanted by the voice of a goddess. After a fulfilling night of right livelihood & a potluck party with fellow treehuggers, I am deliciously tired bu...
Posted by Kim Beavers on Wed, 30 May 2007 11:30:00 PST