My Delicious Bookmark

What a delightful name for something I am still unsure of. But I have registered and also added a bookmark. Of course as I like to go for the easiest route I used the link to Story Corp I used in my post last night as my first bookmark.

Story Corp is an Oral History site of ordinary people, talking of ordinary things - but it is the ability to tell and retell our story that most aids our growth. The value of listening and telling cannot be emphasised enough in building and sustaining relationship.
Listen if you have a moment to Studs Terkel, the now deceased author talking on Vox Humana, the human voice.

So if you want more about stories and all things storytelling go to http://delicious.com/marilyn666

Holidays and Aftermaths

Holidays can be so much fun, but coming back to work and picking up the loose threads ccan be harder.

I did get to visit my son in Middlemount - way up north in a mining town. Now that is an experience.

I got my my stories off to editors and got interested bodies to endorse them. Compassionate Friends are currently reviewing my latest offering Craig's Story. This is the story of a young child who won't let anyone tell her her best friend is no longer around her even though he recently died. Very heartwarming.

I think though the worst part of holidays is trying to use a dial up network to communicate. So its back to the good old libraries to sort things out, catch up and say hello.

I did get to check some great sites though. If you remember storyteller John Shield you may like to check out his site, http://oznasia.blogspot.com/ and see what is happening in Thailand's storytelling scene.

I did get some other links, but where oh where did I put them.

A Story or Two....

.......or is that a stoyteller or two.

Thought I'd practise putting on some photos. This is me trying to tell to School of the Air students through the Longreach School of the Air.

Look mum no hands!!! You guess it! It is hard to tell stories to a computer screen.

For the techno minded, the gadget in my left hand hand allows me to switch between speakers, so I could allow the voice of the child from Muttaburra to be broadcast to the rest of the class!

Picture Plus

Well today I push myself a little further, looking for images that portray a couple of my common loves, storytelling and the new found Knitting group fad. Naomi calls us the Nitwits. Our blanket is growing and should be a great "Mondrian" if I can work out how to get it together. Watch for the photo to come out soon!

May be true for her but I'm only half the person she is so am I a halfwit?

Anyway back to the job at hand to get a photo that links this two skills. I rather like this little one, wonder if I can knit something like this to take to Kids Big Day Out Storytelling at Mt Coot-tha next week

Thanks blossombird for her photo found at the supplied linkhttp://www.flickr.com/search/?q=+knitting+stories&m=text