“Here is our long-forgotten family home. And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling, Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries, I fly to you,…” …It’s late, I’ve just finished some last minute work and I’m off to Poland on a “roots trip” with (almost) ALL my family very early [...]

With thanks to Joel for passing on a gem of an inspirational talk – I recommend this to everyone! Ted talks: Jonathan Harris: The Art of Collecting Stories”… Jonathan -any chance you want to collaborate one day?!?

I would like to invite you to watch "The Story of Stuff". Have you ever wondered where all this stuff comes from…and where it goes when we throw it out? Created by Annie Leonard (and a team…) The Story of Stuff details exactly that – how stuff travels through our system! And it presents extremely [...]

A long time ago, or so it seems, I heard about a lecture. And though I never attended it, I can never forget it, either. I was visiting NY for the first time. After magical visits to Austin and Boston I found myself in Manhattan… While waiting in a bagel shop somewhere for my friend, [...]

 The other week I posted my favourite quote at the moment "Relax – Nothing is under Control" … Ok, so let’s say we accept that as true. Nothing is under control. But what if your situation feels more extreme than usual. If things really are spinning away differently from how we ‘planned’ or ‘assumed’. How [...]

Over three years ago I made a statement in print (via email) that I wanted to go around the world and collect people’s stories. To some extent this is true of what I have done – with the odd consulting career, living in three (or more countries) and more thrown in for a bit of [...]

That is the premise of Pangea Day, an event that takes place globally this Saturday night May 10th, on- and offline. I’m always a fan of public events that bring people together and show them something new / different…especially when they try and sync the times…I love that idea of lots of people having similar [...]

Please listen to Simon and Garfunkel’s Sound of Silence (click here) while reading my musing… I have been thinking on and off about different types of silence… Have you noticed how not all silence is the same? Or feels the same? …When silence feels like a wonderful experience; When it is relaxing, scary, sad, traumatic, [...]

I am fortunate to be ‘home-full’ – I have many homes around the world I am welcome. And I have lived in quite a few places… As such concepts of ‘home’ are sometimes a bit abstract for me…Home can be where I am, where my family and friends are, where someone or something I love [...]

Happy New Year – and thank you to all of you for being such great readers and friends! Last year was certainly a year of Story! As such, these days I get a lot of emails and things about story and storytelling from friends (thanks one and all – keep them coming please). And I [...]