‘We dance around in a ring and suppose…                                 The secret sits in the middle and knows.’  
- Robert Frost - (I first saw this line via Alan Stewart in 2005)
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"Stories move in circles.
They don’t move in straight lines.
So it helps if you listen in circles.
There are stories insidestories and stories between stories, and [...]

This being human is a guest house

Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest [...]

I had the pleasure of a lunch with an old friend today who works in finance, where I explained one current realisation: I needed to learn to invest. His advice was simple…well I’m not such a bad storyteller to give the answer straight away!
Happy reading…
Ah yes, my need to learn to invest:
This [...]

 “Several years ago I came up with the idea to collect and distribute all our families recipes – many people could cook really well - so young people had an opportunity to be able to cook the same things that their parents and grandparents cooked.

But what we quickly learned was a lot of people [...]

Reflecting on a source story*:The Well of Wyrd^…
Please note - this post grew much longer than I expected and some of the details are for my learning that I want to also share…feel free to simply enjoy the story / share your thoughts on its meaning.

"…And then I learned my first source Story: The Well of Wyrd. [...]

I have oft though of glass and clay as sister arts…today I want to share that thought with you, through the art of Maria Ines Vaerla and some word play from me:

Earth Fire Air Water
Earth Water Air Fire
Sisters Glass and Clay
 
Together they spiral
Together they spin
Sisters Glass and Clay
 
Spark [...]

Once upon a time, when I lived in Australia, I began to write some children’s books - for ages 5-8….and those who read with them. The first that came out (a good 3years ago) was "A Message To Send"*
You can keep reading on for more about the story, and the backstory 
OR if you simply can’t wait, you [...]

Been thinking about patterns and stories and…thought I would post these quotes to tag to some of the links / people that come up

"A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists. Each of the chemical elements is a pattern integrity. Each individual [...]

When was the last time you received a postcard in the mail?
Today I had the pleasure and joy of receiving a postcard with personal message from Emma.

The postcard followed a conversation with Emma, Rebecca and others about storytelling, and also, the various ways to bring people of all ages, including the 20-40year old set, to a Storytelling Festival in NY [...]

Overview Below please find a musing on the gift of silence, and a lesson learnt through conversation, and some tools and resources. Or perhaps, simply take this as an invitation to enjoy a moment of silence and enjoy that?
 
 
 
 
 
 
I (and other readers) would be interested in hearing your own experiences with silence, and anything - stories, tools, [...]