Bella Dancer
NORTH FOREST LIGHTS VIDS ARE DONE!
I began filming and photographing this exhibit at our beloved Crystal Bridges four years ago during all three winters that the museum...
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Memoir Table of Contents
Welcome Aboard!
--"Izzy, how did you start dancing?"
--"What got you into martial arts?"
--"What kind of dancer/martial artist/writer are you?
--"How do you deal with brain damage, bodily injury and
C-PTSD, yet still dance, write, train, live the way you do?"
--"How do you still find joy and beauty amidst pain and loss?"
--"Wow, you should write your memoirs!"
This Is My Story
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 23, 2022
- 19 min
NEVER BELLY DANCE TO THIS SONG! - It’s About A Prostitute.
Continued from: BELLY DANCERS: 🐍luts, Priestesses, H😱🤩chies & G😈ddesses If you aren't familiar with Orientalism and belly dance...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 2, 2022
- 8 min
NERD ALERT: FAERIE LIGHT TECH - The North Forest By Sunset
I don't know about you, but I need a palate cleanser after all that. Writing so much about my college days, I've been musing about who I...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 17, 2022
- 20 min
MAYA: DANCE, DRUMS, DREAMS - My First Time Dancing Around the Fire
Continued from - My First SCA Event: THE FIRST NIGHT - Halfdan Was There THE FIGHTERS - Gawking at My First Heavy Weapons Tournament...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 29, 2021
- 26 min
FAERIE LIGHTS IN THE FOREST - How I Spent My Midwinter RebirthDay
It might not happen this year. The big PTSD anniversary reaction when somebody hacks me off by getting drunk and then getting behind the...
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Bella Dancer
- Dec 25, 2021
- 15 min
THE UNCONQUERABLE LIGHT - Christmastime with Lindsey Stirling
My Lindsey Stirling Tribute series would not be complete without odes to her Christmas album, Warmer in the Winter. My musical Muse IS a...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
'BIRD OUTTA THE CAGE - Fall Frolics With Lindsey Stirling - Part 8
MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena &...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 16, 2021
- 6 min
MASTER OF TIDES, MISTRESS OF PLAY: How Lindsey Stirling Holds My Heart - Part 7
MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena &...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 13, 2021
- 12 min
BEYOND THE VEIL: Dancing With Shadows & Light - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 6
Continued from MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight...
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 28, 2021
- 14 min
TRANSCENDING INTO LIGHT: And Taking Flight - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 3
Continued from MY JOURNEY WITH LINDSEY STIRLING: --THE MUSE IN THE MOON: A Thank You to My Muse & My Supporters --BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight...
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 19, 2021
- 10 min
BRAVE ENOUGH: To Fight in the Arena & Shatter Shackles - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 2
Continued from: THE MUSE IN THE MOON - My Journey with Lindsey Stirling Synchronicity has been hard at work playing with me of late....
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 11, 2021
- 10 min
THE MUSE IN THE MOON - My Journey with Lindsey Stirling
Synchronicity has been hard at work playing with me of late. Sometimes She uses strangers to nudge me. Lately she’s been speaking through...
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Bella Dancer
- Aug 20, 2021
- 16 min
TOMORROW...MAYBE - My Obsessions with Annie, Acting, Singing & Dance
Continued from: --CAT SCRATCH FEVER - My Oldest Obsession ...you have noooooo idea how much I confine this kitty-cat obsession to the...
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Bella Dancer
- Oct 16, 2020
- 15 min
HERE AND GONE - Mommy & Me
Summer 1977 Four years old Mommy and I go outside to check on the big garden. We're already starting to get beets, carrots and peas, but...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 3, 2019
- 6 min
THE DAY I PICKED PICTUS - Beyond Belly Dance
My favorite weekend at any Renaissance Faire is Scottish Weekend. Why? Seriously? Ummm... Is there really any question of--?! Hey, now! I...
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Bella Dancer
- May 28, 2018
- 8 min
HIGH ON CRAIC! - Dancing Like I Do
As defined by the Cambridge Dictionary Online: Craic: (kræk) noun: irish english "enjoyable time spent with other people, especially when...
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Bella Dancer
- May 3, 2017
- 2 min
CAN'T TOUCH THIS - My Self-Lurvy Playlist
I believed them. That was the problem--I believed the wrong people. Instead of listening to the ones who told me I was varied kinds of...
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