Comments on: Bus stop stories

By: Silvia Kolchens

Silvia Kolchens — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:26:01 +0000

Loved the the school bus story too – how very true. I’ll be looking out for unexpected story telling places from now on. Thanks for sharing.

By: Penelope Starr

Penelope Starr — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:13:08 +0000

You are so right. Storytellers need listeners, writers need readers, performers need an audience; all these creative communications need feedback to complete the transaction.
Thanks for the suggestion. We’re going to come up with a list of themes for Odyssey for the whole year and I’ll post them on the website.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:38:06 +0000

I loved your story!

By: sheila wilensky

sheila wilensky — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:00:18 +0000

Wonderful glimpse into the importance of daily stories, whether we realize we’re telling them or not. our daily dose is like taking vitamins — whatever else happens during the day, they can sustain us. Or maybe storytelling should be high on the food pyramid; they’re definitely more satisfying and better for us than white bread.

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:16:10 +0000

Hi P!
How exciting that you visited all your grandchildren! Of course you didn’t tell the most interesting pieces, the ones “I” want to know about the visit! LOL! Some stories you simply have to PRY out of people. Now there’s something to think about, isn’t it? Without the people who listen, there is no story. How important are they? Does the power of the story change depending on the person/people receiving it?
I think the answer is yes. If you’re telling the story in person there are so many social cues that can make or break it. How many times have you started telling a distractable person a story and ended up not telling it at all? And then there are those who are riveted to your every word and you find yourself adding details that you never would have shared with anyone.
This storytelling thing is a great thing that you’re doing!
Keep it up.
Hey, did I ever tell you the story of my Aunt Louise? The one who “accidentally” killed my Uncle? Let me know if you do a storytelling about murder.

By: Monica Surfaro Spigelman

Monica Surfaro Spigelman — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:28:11 +0000

As family members scatter, the Internet and social networks become gathering places for family storytelling. My 87-year old aunt in Florida (one of the two remaining siblings of my mom) is our family’s chief storyteller and a constant source of my family’s history. Aunt Dot relishes her role (and I am incredibly lucky to have her); she constantly offers anecdotes about family now gone. She will send us emails or sometime send via snail mail an old photo or clipping. I treasure her storytelling and pray I’ll be able to do the same for my son and the generations that follow. So to answer your question, my most important circle of storytellers is my family. But I enjoy my Twitter community of storytellers, as well!

By: Mityasha

Mityasha — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:14:24 +0000

I liked that story