Paulette Rees-Denis's Blog, page 66
February 4, 2010
Denmark/Albany–western australia, tribal travels part 3
paulette's foot on the beach
Time is moving so quickly now. I have been dancing for days and days, many hours a day with the most delightful and inquisitve dancers! Becky sponsored a weekend with me, called A Journey Back to the Heart, a Weekend Tribal Intensive – 'Heart' of Tribal Style, the Gypsy Caravan Way.
She did a great job arranging the weekend, with dancers coming from primarily the west coast of Australia. It was another full on weekend, six hours of workshops everyday, and a super...
February 1, 2010
Australia, part 2, Mt. Barker critters…
2nd part of the journey
Wildlife and plants…
I love seeing other countries, cultures, and the tribal dance variations, and I also love seeing the different wildlife and native plants. I was so fortunate to stay at the Banksia Farm in Mt. Barker, when I was teaching the dancers for those few days.
It is a B&B that is known for it's 11 acres of the native plant, the Banksia, which is an amazingly diverse plant, with wildly exotic blooms and pods. Not only are the grounds are great walking tour to ...
1st part of the Australian journey, and being gonged!
Oh, where have I been? I"ve missed my blogging! and you…
The long lost traveler without her computer! Traveling across the world for the past week, on the road, without much computer access, but I'm still lurking with blog in mind!
I finished off the Tribal Vision book giveaway before I left Oregon, and Hiya was thrilled to be the winner. Such lovely entrees for the new year, may all of you receive your dreams and desires in the dance and beyond.
I have been writing the February enewsletter...
January 23, 2010
the winner of the Tribal Vision book giveaway!
So many wonderful entrees. Thank you all for taking the time to write and share you thoughts about your dance and art form, and your desires… You are all possibiltarians! 
The lucky dancer whose name got pulled from the turban is….
Hiya!
Here, again, are her words, about desires for 2010…
Last year, my new year's resolution was to be better at leading – more comfortable, more smooth, more confident. I didn't quite make it. We are a VERY small troupe (2-3 of us) and mostly it's been our...
January 17, 2010
Two Breitenbush retreat spots open!
Hey dancers,
I have had two spots come open for our
17th annual Breitenbush women's tribal bellydance retreat! April 23-25, 2010
This has been sold out since September, but unfortunate circumstances have had two women need to give up their much coveted spots. do come and join us!
Info in the link below…
http://www.gypsycaravan.us/workshops.php
**with Paulette Rees Denis and Gypsy Caravan, innovators of Tribal Belly Dance!
With very special guest instructors –
**Samantha Riggs from Boom Boom...
Tribal Vision Book Giveaway and D-Quad submissions…
Dancing Divas Delicious Dreams
For February D-Quad, thinking about goals, dreams, ideas….
What about what I said, or what she said? How does other peoples' words or actions inspire or affect you? How do we affect each other's goals and dreams?
Can you take those ideas and comments further and write about them for us? Whatever that means to you, send it in, poem, story, photo, list, and include your bio and a photo if you have one! For publication in Caravan Trails, February 2010, and next...
January 16, 2010
stuff to rip out my heart…
I had to share this, because it hurts. who made humans god?
please do what you can…
http://www.predatordefense.org/urgent.htm
Predator's Defense
Urgent Action Alert! Coyote Killing Derby This Weekend, Jan. 16-17, in Southeast Oregon
Coyotes were greatly revered by Navajo
herders, who called them "God's dog."
Starting this weekend hunters in southeast Oregon will head out to kill as many coyotes as possible, competing for prizes like rifles and scopes. Please help us stop this senseless...
January 13, 2010
One More Thing, with the Farmgirrrl Divas!
This month my Farmgirrrl Divas group made house-cleaning products that are simple and cheap to make and easy on the environment, in our reusable containers. No need for chemicals or to buy quantities of throw away bottles, we can use baking soda, vinegar, castile soap, essential oils, and borax to do minor and major housecleaning with no worry about harming our earth or our noses and skin.
We made Green Cleaning Products:
powdered laundry soap
dusting spray
all purpose cleaner
window cleaner
January 9, 2010
Tribal Farmgirl Paulette knits…
A winter full of knitting crazy stuff, mostly because I really don't know much about knitting, except your knit and purl and then winding the yarn a few times to leave some holes in the piece. I add different yarns when I feel like it, combining fuzzy with glitter with hemp with wool. How fun is that? These above where these soft coccons of yummy colors that I made several very long boa type scarves from.
scrunchy boa
Of course my cat, Sage, wanted a scarf too.
Carol and Gina got those yummy...
January 6, 2010
Happy New Year to you, with a free Tribal Vision giveaway!
[image error]Let's get this year off to a good start. I wanted to offer you a gift, a free copy of
Tribal Vision: A Celebration of Life Through Tribal Belly Dance,
by moi…
Herei s what I would like you to do… write comment back here on this blog—
What do you want out of your dance in 2010? It could be a simple request or could be a long waited for desire.
Let us know so we can all support you in your dreams! and I will pick your name out of a turban and send one luck winner my book to get you started on your ...
