Roberta Nickel -Navygirl -Caregiver -Wiccan -Belly Dancer

EPISODE · Sep 28, 2025 · 44 MIN

Roberta Nickel -Navygirl -Caregiver -Wiccan -Belly Dancer

from Fascinating Women · host Mark Laurie

Send us Fan MailRoberta Nickel shares insights with Mark about her 18-plus years in the Canadian Navy, as the only woman in her unit. Her time as her mom’s caregiver led to her discovering a love of belly dancing. Into the mix was embracing the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval live events group, which was interestingly paired with her entry as a practising Wiccan. She relates dancing for her commanding officer on his 40th birthday. There is the unique experience of guiding a blind friend through every ride at the Calgary Stampede.  Roberta BioRoberta was born in Calgary and did her schooling   there. She is a second-generation Calgarian. She is a railway brat as her father worked as a conductor for the CNR and she saw a lot of Western Canada from the window of a train. When she turned 17 and 6 months, she joined the RCNR and  Became a Communicator, which made her father proud. She spent 18 and a half years in the navy and saw much of Canada during that time. She can tell you a lot about that time. Just ask her.After doing her time, she became her mother’s caregiver. She did that until 1998 when her mother passed away.Roberta does Belly dancing and Square Dancing to relive  stress. She also rides horses; can do Archery; does Background acting; and enjoys Reading.She is a witch and enjoys learning the many aspects of it.She had always wanted to do a Playboy style photo shoot and that is when she met Mark and the rest is history. She has many photos that tell a story. Thank you Mark.Roberta also likes to travel and has been to Scotland and Egypt. Would she return? In a heartbeat.She also works for the Calgary Stampede in Catering . What’s next for this lady? Only time will tell.

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