Bella Dancer
C'MON, YOU'RE A BELLY DANCER! - Of Course You Want Me To Grope You.
..This anti-sex conservatism was so staunchly indoctrinated into me that I eventually started wearing my SCA costumes at the Greek...
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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!"
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This Is My Story
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 18, 2022
- 4 min
ELEMENTAL METAL - Domain of the Persona; Realm of Martial Movement & Mindset
The Element of Metal And Things Made From It Tools & Treasures. Weapons & Armor. Both Hammer & Anvil to make them. Locks on a box. Keys,...
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Bella Dancer
- Sep 17, 2022
- 2 min
ELEMENTAL EARTH: Domain of the Body; Realm of Dance
The Element of Earth And all that grows out of it ​ Nourish and flourish. Grow dormant and flourish again! Decline. Decay. Demise. Death....
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Bella Dancer
- May 10, 2022
- 4 min
INJURED. Again.
Annnnd I'm down again. Out of commission. Back on my ass. One of my old trusty, musty injuries has flared up to the point where there is...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 8, 2022
- 16 min
MOVING ON: A Crucifix, Sandalwood & Lemon Lysol
We've finally made it to the last chapter of this series about #MeToo, rape and death threats, violence, psychological abuse,...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 27, 2022
- 13 min
THE ALTARS OF LOVE & VOMITUS WEALTH: From Solstice to Equinox Part 2
Continued from: SOLSTICE IN THE UNDERTHING; EQUINOX AT SPRING: Making, Breaking. Tending, Mending. ...at the ceremony, one of the gals...
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Bella Dancer
- Mar 13, 2022
- 22 min
ART(IST) MUST BE BEAUTIFUL - The Agony, the Bliss, the Transformational Healing Power of Art
We've got some VERY adult art going on today. And not only because there are (gasp!) boobies in it. Board this ship at your own risk. We...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 27, 2021
- 9 min
THE SEARCH BEGINS: Why I'm Still Not Back on FB--excuse me, Meta.
Last month, out of nowhere, one of my favorite people pinged me. "Izzyyyyyy, did you drop off the face of the planet? BTW others on FB...
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Bella Dancer
- Nov 10, 2021
- 18 min
BEHIND THE VEIL: Hiding Things Underground - My Lindsey Stirling Journey 5
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
- Jun 13, 2021
- 8 min
AFFIRMATIONS - From Acceptance to the Zero Point Potential of Creation
Image by Dennis Nejtek I really wanted to dance tonight, but my body is not ready. It's too busy healing a new tooth implant and...
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Bella Dancer
- Apr 6, 2021
- 4 min
JOY AS A WEED - It's Everywhere!
On the subject of JOY today: One of my friends: ...definitely worth cultivating. And it takes a lotta freakin' work. Our other friend:...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 16, 2021
- 13 min
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO...Or At Least Graduation
I didn't break up with Shane after that horrible day on the rock. Well, not to his knowledge. I fully own to taking the cowardly route....
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 2, 2021
- 14 min
MY RAWR-ING 2020 IN REVIEW: And a Shameless Request for Patronage
RAWRing '20s Grrrl New Years Eve 2020 EDIT: Dain Bramage & Covid strike again! Huh...so apparently it was actually the first day of the...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 29, 2020
- 9 min
WABI-SABI - THE BEAUTY OF IMPERFECTION: Learning to Love That Person in the Mirror
**WABI-SABI: Which includes the Japanese art of transforming broken things into beauty, like Kintsugi, which repairs broken pottery with...
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Bella Dancer
- Jul 10, 2019
- 10 min
REMEMBERING HOW TO SAY "YES": My Spain Retreat
We interrupt our normal Izzy broadcast to bring you this update: My World Has Changed. It’s so huge. Too huge to even begin knowing how...
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Bella Dancer
- Jun 10, 2019
- 4 min
SLATHERED IN OIL: My Hot New Love Affair
So I have some new girlfriends in my life. I'm not talking about the ones I'm about to immerse myself with for a week in Spanish...
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Bella Dancer
- Jan 21, 2019
- 7 min
Yeah, I Gotcher Value...Write Here!
For a little more than a year, I have been immersed in the study of things I traditionally despise. Things I have long avoided like the...
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Bella Dancer
- May 28, 2018
- 11 min
FISH SLAP: an exercise in forced air
My right knee is packed in ice right now. After a year-and-a-half of wrestling and trying to rehab this injury, it finally and fully...
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