Female

25

To dance is to live, and to live without dance is to live without expression...

Nestled in the valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains, I share my life with my wonderfully awesome husband, two dogs (a malamute/wolf mix and a border collie mix), and an occasional fat guinea pig who will grace us with his presence only when the weather is to his temperate liking. ;-) Really, Mr. Piggle Pants (as he is affectionately known), is a wonderful fellow; he just does not approve of the way we heat our house in the winter! Our malamute, however, begs to differ: he wishes we kept the house just a tad bit colder for him.

And then there is Ceilidh, our border collie mix who seems to have a few important screws missing upstairs. Though she is loved tremendously! You never quite know what she will do, or is up to for that matter, as she is a very sly little thing.

2/3 of our animals are rescues from the pound (Ceilidh only had a couple of days left!) and Mr. Piggle Pants came from a pet shop. He was just too cute to leave in the store!

We keep very busy here at our home, and love to spend time outdoors hiking the local mountains.

In 2005 I co-founded an original "Celtic Fusion" dance troupe entitled, The Celtic Gypsies, and we have enjoyed numerous performances at Ren Faires and beyond from Texas to New Hampshire.

When I am not consumed with every day life in general and the dance troupe, I also run my own Renaissance and Belly Dance garb company, www.strikedaekins.com.