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Thursday, April 5, 2018

What Does It Mean To Be A Successful Storyteller?

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Storytellers tend to feel it when we hit it out of the park. When we leave a stage or a classroom after having been incredibly successful, w...
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Thursday, March 22, 2018

What Is The Best Grade To Introduce Storytelling?

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Some years ago, after a storytelling set, a curriculum teacher told me she really wanted to start using storytelling in the classroom....
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Strength: A Reflection On Stories, Wisdom, and Power

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Strong? What does it mean to be strong? Delilah beguiled Samson, lay with him, and when he was asleep, she cut his hair. When the de...
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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Telling To The Sixth Grade: Stories to Reach The All Knowing

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February is always an exhausting month for me. My running joke is that even people who didn't know they needed a performer of any kind s...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Where Did January Go?

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It is the last week of January, and I am already behind. Only two blog posts this year? Really? Spent about seven days this week ill. N...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Thoughts About Story for 2018

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We made it to 2018. More shows, more writing, more teaching. I found myself in two conversations this week about the natur...
Monday, January 1, 2018

Day 7 of Kwanza - Imani - Faith!

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Darith lighting the Kinara - Photo by Kat Heller Habari Gani! Imani (i-mah'-nee) - Faith. Last night we had a Karamu ...