this blue door with the round window never loses its magic.
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“a short story is what you see when you look out of the window.”
-mavis gallant
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oakland county, michigan, usa
Jul20
Category Archives: storytelling
Jun17
round the corner.
i love this gate
left as it was
full of wonder
and
all the stories
of those who passed through it
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“still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.”
-J. R. R. Tolkien
Mar25
mother goose.
mother goose waits patiently on a rock in the river
luckily she has lots of stories to tell until baby’s big enough to swim.
“rock and roll is music, and why should music contribute to…juvenile delinquency?
if people are going to be juvenile delinquents,
they’re going to be delinquents if the hear… mother goose rhymes.”
-elvis presley
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huron river, argo park, ann arbor, michigan, usa – spring 2021
Mar9
the history of how you felt.
loving my new journals and so looking forward to filling them
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“language allows us to reach out to people, to touch them with our innermost fears, hopes, disappointments, victories.
to reach out to people we’ll never meet.
it’s the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones:
the history of how you felt.”
-simon van booy
Feb9
child’s story.
one of my favorite things is to hear a child tell a story.
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image credit: nicolette sowder, wilderchild
Feb27
tell their stories.
after sledding on a beautiful snow day
grandies and neighbors
gather around the table
to share a large pot
of ramen, laughs, and stories.
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“honor the community you come from. tell their stories.”
-sting
Jun13
storybook trail.
such a wonderful discovery made
when walking in a park near my daughter’s house
an illustrated storybook trail
with pages spread throughout the woods
placed there by the village and the local library
a perfect pairing.
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“we tell stories in order to feel at home in the universe.”
— Roger Bingham, British science communicator, writer, public television producer and host
Mar11
retelling stories.
peter bence retells toto’s story of africa in a new way
not confining himself to just the keyboard
of this half million dollar piano
well worth a listen.
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“i’m an interpreter of stories.
when I perform it’s like sitting down at my piano and telling fairy stories.
-nat king cole
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