Briana

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Gender Female
Industry Agriculture
Occupation mother, homesteader, massage therapist
Location Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Introduction Living and loving life in Kentucky. My most wonderful husband and I welcomed our first child last spring and continue to settle, nestle and grow in our first proper home. I write these naval gazey mind saunterings for family, friends, fellow RPCVs and farmers interested in another random life on this here planet earth.
Interests living in my mud hut in Morocco, being a Peace Corps Volunteer, learning Tamazight (an unwritten, Berber dialect), hearing the call to prayer five times a day, avoiding savage dogs, traveling, cuddling with my cat and not traveling, reading about farming, writing, cooking delightful dishes, hanging out with the unbelievably welcoming people of this country, falling for mountains, and trying to hold onto some of my old life of hot springs, cinnamon tea, bellydancing, the ocean, snorkeling, manatees, NPR, yoga, fiber, writing, wool, knitting, weaving, carding, spinning, dyeing, eating, hockey, running, embroidering, sculpting, horseback riding, hiking, painting, self-sustainable living and camping the real way (no running water unless its a fall, etc.), walk-in fridges, breathing, therapy and if it really works, live music, living out loud, truth.
Favorite Music The Academy Is, Air, The Album Leaf, Amy Winehouse, Ani DiFranco, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, THE ARCADE FIRE, Arctic Monkeys, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, Beck, Beirut, Beit Habubot, Ben Folds, Bjork, Boards of Canada, Bobby McFerrin, The Boy Least Likely To, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, B Tribe, Buena Vista Social Club, Cake, Caribou, Cary Brothers, CAT POWER, Coldplay, Damien Rice, The Darkness, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, The Decemberists, Eisley, Electric President, Elton John, Enigma, Feist, FLAMING LIPS, The Fray, The Fools of Prophecy, Garbage, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, Green Day, GUSTER, Heavens, Imogen Heap, Incubus, India Arie, Interpol, Jack Johnson, Jack Sundell, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Keane, Kengeroo, The Killers, Lauryn Hill, Loreena McKennit, Mae, Matisyahu, Menomena, Mika, Miles Davis, MODEST MOUSE, MUSE, NATACHA ATLAS, Nellie McKay, The New Pornographers, NICKEL CREEK, Of Montreal, People in Planes, Pepper, PETER BJORN AND JOHN, Pink Floyd, PIXIES, PJ Harvey, Plain White T’s, The Postal Service, RADIOHEAD, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Savage Garden, Sean Kingston, Sean Paul, Shakira, The Shins, Silver Jews, Slightly Stoopid, The Smiths, SNOW PATROL, String Cheese Incident, Sublime, SUFJAN STEVENS, Thievery Corporation, Tokyo Police Club, Toumani Diabate, The Velvet Underground, Weezer, Youth Group, Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest, anything with a didgeridoo, and of course the Totally Awesome and Put on Your Green Shoes tapes and my mom singing “I love you forever”