T.Allen-Mercado

• Age: 36
• Gender: Female
• Astrological Sign: Cancer
• Zodiac Year: Ox
• Industry: Arts
• Occupation: wife, mother, writer, artist, friend...
• Location: Valley of the Sun : United States

About Me

Greetings. I'm Tameka, the Queen Bee. I'm a blissfully married un/homeschooling mother to two humans and 5 fur babies. When I'm not alternating the excessive consumption of fine lager and Diet Coke, I'm an Indie label managing co-owner, writer, blogger, aspiring zinester, jewelry designer, vintage africana collecting mixed-media madwoman. All of the aforementioned takes place in a modest love-filled home in the desert, by me; a pensive, introverted, nerd, vegetarian, yogi, weirdo, wordsmith, cinemaphile, with rather large feet for a short broad! Still captivated? Read on...

You're going to the moon! What did you forget to pack?

My keys and my wallet undoubtedly. Not that I need them since I generally do not have any money in the wallet and there really is no immediate need for keys on the moon, but you asked-so I answered.

Interests

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Theology
• Biology
• Natural Parenting
• Attachment Parenting
• Homeschooling
• Unschooling
• Crafting
• Jewelry Design
• Vegetarianism
• Philosophical Anarchy
• Pacifism
• Yoga
• Ubuntu
• Ayurveda
• Indie Business

Favorite Movies

• Ma Vie En Rose
• Yesterday
• Amores Perros
• Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Raising Victor Vargas
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Requiem for a Dream
• The Sea Inside
• Y Tu Mama Tambien
• Frida
• F*ck
• Sweet & Low Down
• Protagonist
• Stone Reader
• Red Without Blue
• Radio Days
• In The Realms of the Unreal
• The Devil Came On Horseback
• Following Sean...

Favorite Music

• Jill Scott
• The Roots
• Nina Simone
• Sara Tavares
• Dave Matthews Band
• Sarah McLachlan
• Talib Kweli
• Next Dimension Music
• Andrew Lloyd Weber
• The Police
• Prince
• Celine Dion
• Omara Portuondo
• The Ting Tings
• Stevie Wonder
• Donny Hathaway
• Corinne Bailey Rae...

Favorite Books

• The Secret Life of Bees
• The Red Tent
• A Light in the Attic
• Mamatoto
• Where the Sidewalk Ends
• The Giving Tree
• The Intellectual Devotional
• Sex In History
• Love's Executioner
• The Lucipher Principle
• I've Been to Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots...