Jess

• Age: 32
• Gender: Female
• Astrological Sign: Virgo
• Zodiac Year: Rabbit
• Location: Portland : Oregon : United States
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About Me

Nanny, concert promoter, writer, activist (gay rights, global warming, peace, Israel/Palestine, etc), traveler, and tea-drinker, among other things. I lived in Cambridge, MA, Boulder, CO, and Missoula, MT before moving to Portland (where I just bought a house) in 2004.

Interests

• Writing
• good music
• good books
• photography
• cute kids
• road trips
• travel (Israel
• India
• Egypt)
• good black tea
• Thai food
• meditation (sporadically)
• yoga (less sporadically)
• fluffy kitties.

Favorite Music

• Loreena McKennitt
• Natacha Atlas
• Patty Griffin
• Tracy Grammer
• Myshkin's Ruby Warblers
• Lori McKenna
• Michael Franti
• Crooked Still
• Deb Talan
• Kris Delmhorst
• Winterpills
• Dixie Chicks
• Solas
• Antje Duvekot
• Deva Premal
• Krishna Das
• etc. I could go on for a long time... Also see the links page at shiningcitymusic.com. :)

Favorite Books

• Favorite writers is easier than books: Monica Holloway
• Kim Chernin
• Anne Lamott
• Natalie Goldberg
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Sherman Alexie
• Ivan Doig
• David James Duncan
• Ariel Gore
• Elizabeth Gilbert
• Shauna Seliy
• Sarah Waters
• Michael Byers...

Jess's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	The Sound of Blackbirds	Ellen Stanley Matt Winters
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