You know those melodramas where the villain threatens the heroine and then the hero appears to save her. It’s good fiction, right? Well, supposing that really happened? It might have. Except Zelda had to save herself. It happened long ago in 1933. After the death of her mother, Zelda lived with her married sister. Her […]
“Would you be willing to do the flowers for my grandson’s wedding?” my sister asked. I didn’t need to hesitate. I had made the bouquets, boutonnieres, and corsages for my daughters’ weddings. “I can do that,” I said. I went to Hobby Lobby with my sister, the bride, and other interested friends to get silk
Wedding – April 27 Read More »
“The Magic Brush” is a folk tale from China. Years ago, I developed my own telling of this story. I put a green brocade robe on the old Chinese gentleman who gave Ma Lien a magic brush. I also described the old gentleman has having a flowing white beard. At the end of the story
Veritable – April 26 Read More »
There were feathers everywhere. It was the third Monday of the month and I was Zooming my Storytelling for All Ages program. I had chosen to share “Feathers,” a Jewish folk tale. There was once a woman who liked to talk, and she didn’t always pay strict attention to what was true. Her unkind words
Unspoken – April 24 Read More »
I began volunteering as a storyteller in my oldest son’s kindergarten classroom and continued this tradition for each of my children. Twenty years later, my youngest son was in first grade. Because I told stories in his classroom, I was invited to come listen to a storyteller that had been hired for an assembly. At
Storytelling – April 22 Read More »
There was a fire in the forest. All the animals were running, leaping, or flying to escape the flames. One small bird flew to the other side of the river and sat on a branch looking back at the flames. He asked the other animals, “Aren’t you going to do something. It’s our home.” No
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My daughter Sandra is currently moving into the world of Zoom presentations. One of her friends sent her a whole box of shiny presentation necklaces. These necklaces are apparently a current fad. I can relate to this. Now that I am storytelling on Zoom, much of my storytelling apparel is not being used because the
Jewelry – April 12 Read More »
Last month I went to a storytelling conference in Denton, Texas. Zoom allowed me to attend without leaving my home. I loved the workshops and the storytelling concerts. I was particularly impressed by two children who did a tandem performance of Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein. Papa Chicken was reading his child a bedtime
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My Golden Tales of California storytelling program had ended. The stories were all told. The students’ questions had been answered, and the students were on their way back to their classrooms. One fourth grade boy turned back and asked, “Do you give autographs?’ “Yes.” “I’ll get a piece of paper and be right back,” he
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