: About Me

Elisa Thorp is a Certified Nutrition Educator, Diet Counselor, Freelance writer, Artist, and Licensed Psychiatric Technician. She continuously upgrades her skills studying healing modalities for the Mind/Body/Spirit. Living in Northern California with her husband of 28 1/2 yrs, daughter, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 3 horses, and 5 fish, and 1 gorgeous Leopard Gecko. she enjoys days at the ocean whenever she can find the time! Elisa writes, paints and sculpts, sells on eBay & her own Web store at:

http://www.copperstreasurechest.com/home.html

where you will find Museum Quality Native American Pottery, Jewelry & Artifacts, exquisite Handmade Jewelry, African Percussion Instruments, and Fair Trade Crafts from around the World.

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REFERENCES FOR MEDICAL ARTICLES available @:

http://www.angelfire.com/me3/coppersnutribytes/references.html

My passion is ...

whispering to animals and helping others, human and animal, in need

I know too much about ...

myself

My parents always told me ...

work hard and believe in yourself, and you will ALWAYS get what you want

My childhood ambition ...

was to cure the world of missing fathers

My favorite memory ...

the first time my daughter said "Mama" in a meaningful way

Why I write ...

sometimes I'm just compelled to

My first job ...

was selling things door-to-door, at age 6, that were advertised in the back of comic books

My best moment ...

was, DEFINITELY, the birth of my daughter!

My inspiration ...

nature and the beauty that surrounds us each and every day

Arts & Humanities > Dance Styles African dancing: The characteristics of Kpanlogo

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It all started with a spider. Really, it started with a spider (Ananse) story: There once was a powerful, rich king with three beautiful daughters, but no sons. The daughters were never allowed to leave the King's palace, and their names - Kpanlogo, Alogodzan, and Nmaa Nmaa - were kept secret from the public. As the King grew older, he became more concerned that he had no son to inherit his throne. The wise old king devised a plan to secure his throne. He devised a contest for all the men of his realm: the man who guessed the secret names of his three daughters would win their hands in mar...

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