The Power of Story: Augusta Speaks
Image courtesy of eliq.deviantart.com “All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or tell a story about them.” Isak Dinesen The woman wrapped blankets around her children, a small boy and a...
View ArticleSay Yes to Your Weirdness
We tend to suppress certain aspects of ourselves in order to fit in. (Although when we display whatever weirdness is ‘in” I think that’s also a sort of conformity too.) When I was growing up I did...
View ArticleEveryone Is A Poet
When people tell me their largest stories I am helpless as a page under pen. A woman told me how, as a child of 11, she struck out when her grandparents were ignored rather than served at a restaurant...
View ArticleStories: Now More Than Ever
“I believe with all my hoary heart that stories save lives, and the telling and hearing of them is a holy thing, powerful far beyond our ken, sacramental, crucial, nutritious; without the sea of...
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