Telling in Isolation

by Madeline Pots   When it comes to storytelling, I have a free wielding spirit.  I tell personal narrative. From kitchen stories to bedroom tales to the drama of a big family living-room, I’ve enjoyed spilling the beans. The result of letting the listener into my life is, I gain the comfort of knowing I am […]

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Storytelling in Times of Fragmentation

Connection in Times of Fragmentation By Linda Schuyler Ford It started with Sandy Hook. That tragedy shook the entire country, but had a personal impact onthe cluster of villages and small towns around Sandy Hook, Connecticut -Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Ridgefield-form the community of Northern Fairfield County.                 One community. What happened to one of us happened

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Magic BeansMarketing Thoughts Offered By Janel Behm I admit it. I can’t hide it any longer. I have a secret identity. You may know me as a barefooted storyteller with a passion for tales rooted in myth and ancient magic, but long before I became a story artist I was and still am…an entrepreneur. Over

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Why Folk and Fairy Tales?

  By Simon Brooks There is so much publicity and cheer leading for personal narrative that I feel we might be getting away from folk and fairy tales, and losing focus. There is much craft that goes into a well-told personal narrative to make it work for an audience. It is also easy to simply

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Telling and Reading to Elementary School Students    Contributed by Pete Abdalla When I retired almost 20 years ago, I started volunteering in the elementaryschools by telling stories to various classes to encourage reading. To emphasizehow important I thought it was to enjoying reading, in my first meeting with eachclass I would point to my watch

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