Re: Black Henna in Athens... & greetings to all


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Posted by Anne Beltestad on October 29, 2001 at 15:54:54:

In reply to: Black Henna in Athens... & greetings to all posted by Kree at Gilded Lilies on October 29, 2001 at 11:32:28:

Dear Kree,

Thanks for the stories...and congrats on teaching those guys what
henna really is!
I miss you too; there have been few opportunities for henna in NYC
but Kenzi and I are going to work hard to get more.
It seems the Marpol tip company doesn't have a website (for the rest
of you these are the Korean cake decorating tips we use) but I am
going to call around today while I have some free time and get some
bags too!
All is well otherwise here but I miss you and am homesick for the
west coast...

peace, love, and henna! email me when you can!

Anne


: hello everybody, its been awhile since I wrote, I have been on the
: road for several weeks now and have to pay for my internet playing
by
: the hour. Just wanted to let you know i struck a (small) blow
: against black henna. First night in athens found a couple of guys
: doing black henna in the plaka. chatted with them, showed them my
: henna pix and told them what they were doing was dangerous. they
: were two really sweet guys from serbia just trying to make a living
: and had been doing henna for only a few months. ended up getting
: together with them and in spite of the language barrier & waving my
: arms around a lot, I mixed upu a batch of real henna (I think they
: had never seen it) and showed them what it was all about. result:
: converts to real henna & promise not to use the black henna again!
i
: know it was sincere because i ran into them later at another street
: stand selling other stuff and they smiled and said "no black
henna!"
: Went to the National Archeological Museum and spent a day peering
at
: pottery from cycladic, mycenae, tirins, all of course keeping our
: craft in mind and honestly did not see much in the way that would
: encourage me to think it was common but I did look at a lot of
: suspicious looking little bowls, sticks with flattened ends, etc.
: described as "cosmetic" bowls. saw lots of goddesses though!
: anyway, i'll be back in the US in november and will be writing
again
: more frequently.
: hello to Anne! I miss you!
: love & kisses to all,
: Kree
: PS re Egypt Reporter -- bad people for plagiarizing Catherine &
: Kenzi -- but cool henna'd guitar!!!
:
: Gilded Lilies

 


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