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I love world music, rich singers and good rhythms. I also like chilled guitar to listen to and to play. I am learning guitar and to use my voice which has been a wonderful and inspiring thing this winter. i love to play percussion which is mainly drumming but i will try anything.

Musical artists that I adore include the begoodtanyas, loren, jez, ani defranco, the waifs, gotye, holly throsby, penelope swales, michael franti, xavior rudd, gomez, elixer, dead can dance, bernard fanning, ben harper, tim minchin and more. I like some choir music and singing kirtan. My children love music and my 16 month old son will find music in me grating the carrots for a carrot cake and dance along! My favourite is to share music with whoever to sing, dance and be merry together.

I am a wild succulant woman living in Tathra on the south coast of NSW Australia. I live with my two gorgeous children Maia and Finn bee (8 and 20 months) I love hanging at the beach with the kids and friends and sometimes by myself, collecting shells, looking at the sun reflecting through and upon the water, trying to surf, swimming underwater and listening to the silence, climbing the rocks, covering my body in sand and then running into the water to wash it all off and screaming like a banshee cos its so cold and fresh.

I love making things, all sorts of anything that inspires me at the time such as knitting leg warmers, crocheting beanies, felting dolls, painting pictures, doll making, making musical things out of things, sculpting and almost always cooking.

Yoga and spiritual practice is really important to me and i like wearing odd socks. I like eating cereal after dinner when the kids have gone to bed with banana and mayple syrup. Sometimes i am a bit too serious and i get grumpy when i am tired. John Saffran and Tim Minchin make me laugh and some movies really inspire me like Cave of the Yellow Dog which i watched recently and loved so much that it sent me into a painting frenzy.

I am studying on a very slow road to becoming a midwife or a palliative care nurse/ midwife or a primary health care consultant/ midwife. All these paths inspire me. I have attended several births as a doula, home and in hospital and i get on really well with babies. I also like getting involved with community bush regen. activities and am inspired about riparian zones and clean rivers.

I am really into acknowledging the pagan ceremonial times through out the year and i like to worship the earth, the sun and the moon. I also love water and rain and i believe strongly in magic, just magic.

I like boyleg undies best and definately bright colours and little sweet prints of things like cherries.

Some of my favourite books are Bliss by Peter Carey. That has stayed at the top for around eight years now. The Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling) is brilliant. Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin is another fave. Herbs and Things by Jeanne Rose is full of fascinating herbal folklore and recipes such as how to become invisible and how to enchant a broomstick. Poetry and stories by Kahlil Gibran poetry by my friend jeff The education of little tree by Francis Carter anything by Michael leunig Women who run with the wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes I have been reading bits of for years and i keep coming back to it and reading it over again and discovering new things. Healing with Wholefoods by Paul Pitchford

I love craft in all shapes and forms and i always have. I love needle felting all sorts of things and i am getting better at knitting whichis fun as i can make more things. I especially like making toys. I like making cloth dolls and i have recently discovered these delightful little dolls that are made out of pipe cleaners and felt. I love painting and i recently discovered that all these years i have been collecting beautiful cards, gift cards and postcards so rediscovering those has inspired me to collect and even try and make cards. I like buttons and beads just to look at and hold and sometimes use for the perfect occasion. My passion at the moment (oct 08) is basketry. I have been collecting local materials eg. wisteria canes and bullrushes from the river. I am really interesting in incorporating strips of cotton and bits of wire and old electrical wires. I am enjoying creating such useful things.