Visit www.tipsfromthehip.blogspot.com for Melina’s latest blog entries.  This is the space in which Melina of Daughters of Rhea (aka Melinda Heywood Pavlata,PhD) reveals the trade secrets and delightful scandals of her belly dancing circus family, explores the intersections of -- and clashes between -- academia and living a fully engaged creative life, and ruminates on out-of-the-box motherhood. Photo at left is Melina summoning the spirits in Singapore Concert by Goddess Motion.