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There’s No Place Like Home by Marilee Lasch
In the movie The Wizard of Oz Dorothy is whisked away by a tornado, and lands up in a beautiful color-filled land, full of interesting and adventurous people, but is she happy? Nope. All she can think about is that she wants to go home. After being given the red slippers by the good witch, she starts her…
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Doctor’s Appointments in the Time of Coronavirus 2020 by Myranette Robinson
I had a doctor’s appointment; I wasn’t sick just a checkup. I was surprised when I was told that the appointment was still on. (Isn’t there a shortage of PPE ?) Upon arrival, there were two nurses at a table outside. There you filled out a check list of Covid-19 symptoms with a place for…
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The Plague by Nancy Allen Wolter
Spring break this year we visited New York City, had plays lined up every night of the week. Suddenly, mid-week, theatres closed. Museums too. We booked a flight out a day earlier than planned, wandered through the city for the remaining day or two. The night we came home, my husband Ted was sick. For…
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The Zone by Elizabeth Wunsch
I work for Andre House, an agency in the Capital District “Zone”. We feed and provide hospitality services to those experiencing homelessness. We are working with the Human Services Campus to change the zoning in our area to provide more available shelter beds. Most of what I do is limited to social media so the…
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The Passage of Time by Marian Nance
Years ago, I took a trip to Kenya, Africa. At the time I lived in Vicenza, Italy with my daughter. Around 9:30 one March morning, I’m on the way to my overnight childcare giver. There are only two cars on this rural road of Bolzano Vicentino. The car in front of me pulls way to…
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One a Pond a Time by Kate Craer
“One A Pond A Time” . . . that's how my two and a half year old niece started when I asked her to tell me a story this weekend, and then she began to weave a tale of a mermaid swimming under water with a banana for a snack. In addition to falling all…
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Using Storytelling in a Variety of Settings by Liz Warren
I’m teaching Using Storytelling in a Variety of Settings at the SMCC Storytelling Institute this spring, so I’ve been thinking about the range of things that storytellers are asked to do. The list below is what I’ve come up with so far. For each of these, the setting will, of course, make a huge difference…
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Angels of Andre House by Elizabeth Wunsch
“Ahhgghh I have to present at a board meeting next Monday. Aaagghh.” A special board meeting because the Provincial is visiting. “We would like you to talk about our volunteer program.” I am not one for numbers. Numbers of volunteer visits, numbers of groups, students, seniors. The value of a volunteer hour. Dry, Dry stuff.…
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“That Little Girl” by Elizabeth Wunsch
What part of your being is the storyteller? What part of you grabs hold of the story and propels it through your vessel, utilizing all your senses, and sends it penetrating the senses of the audience only to be bounced back at you to continue the circle of the story?…
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The Wide World of Storytelling by Kaden Sheffield
This July I took my first step into the wider world of storytelling by attending the National Storytelling Network Conference in San Francisco, California. Besides being a lot of fun, it widened my view of the genres and people who make up the storytelling community. The keynote speakers spoke about storytelling by modelling the art,…
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Finding Your Niche as a Storyteller by Kaden Sheffield
When I graduated from the South Mountain Storytelling Institute last May, I still wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I enjoyed telling stories from the stage, but had found deeper meaning in facilitating story circles, in which a group of strangers tell their story about a shared theme. It made me feel good to…
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Favorite Stories by Gretchen Hombach
It all started with books! I love hearing stories and I love telling stories all because I started a love affair with books at an early age. My earliest memory of a storybook was one a babysitter used to bring whenever she came to the house. The story she read wasn’t “The Three Bears”…