May 2007

Thursday Thirteen #12—I Was Just Thinking…

May 30, 2007

1) My Aunt La Verta, bless her heart, kept a matchbook with her all the time. Whenever she was feeling “gassy,” she pulled out a match and lit it. Did she think she was hiding the smell? It didn’t. And, it brought attention to what she had just done. Sorta like tootin’ like a foghorn [...]

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Wordless Wednesday—Bunny Basket

May 30, 2007

Leave a comment, and you will magically be linked on the post (with “Google Juice”). Then, you can click this link to visit other Wordless Wednesday participants. I look forward to visiting you. Have a great Wordless Wednesday.

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Texas Chainsaw Romance

May 29, 2007

When I first met the man who would become my Spousal Unit, I told him that I had a dilemma. I had taken down a fence at my house, but the garbage men wouldn’t carry it away unless it was cut up into teeny tiny pieces. I didn’t have any way of doing that, because [...]

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“Can I Speak to a HUMAN, Please?”

May 28, 2007

“Thank you for calling the Crappy Cable Company,” the automated female voice said, in a pleasant tone. “Your call may be monitored for quality assurance.” I listened while the voice at the other end of the phone line proceeded to list forty-eleven services I did not want. Each time she asked for my “yes” or [...]

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One Last “MeMeMe” Meme

May 27, 2007

Y’all for the life of me I can’t figure out why anyone wants to know more about me. I’ve admitted more to you than I told my shrink (yeah, I went to one for awhile because it was fashionable and I didn’t have any better sense than to waste my money). You can read my [...]

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Link Love #9 +

May 26, 2007

I’ve been busily trying to clean up my sidebar in preparation for a few changes. Leanne is going to put three columns in the footer so I can remove some of the junk on the sidebar. This while I’ve been fighting off a nasty head cold and writing some information about storytelling for you, whether [...]

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Storytelling 101—Do Tell

May 26, 2007

I have good news and bad news for you, friends. The bad news: I can’t teach you to “be a storyteller.” The good news: You already are a storyteller, though you may not know it yet. What I can teach you is how to find a good story, some tips for making it your own, [...]

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A Circus Story

May 25, 2007

Jamie at Durward Discussions posted a delightful and informative article about the legendary circus showman P.T. Barnum titled Under The Big Top. That same day, my Spousal Unit left me a note telling me that our local PBS station would air a program on June 4th about my favorite circus: The Gainesville Community Circus. It [...]

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Getting The Most Out Of A Meme

May 24, 2007

If you don’t know what Thursday Thirteen is, it’s a “meme.” If that doesn’t tell you anything, a “meme” is basically a list of questions that gets passed around in the blogosphere. Some of them ask questions like, “What were you doing a year ago?” or “What are your top five favorite songs?” These get [...]

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Thursday Thirteen—The Saga of the Hotel from Hell

May 23, 2007

Folks, I try really hard to get along with the world. I don’t get angry quickly, but when I do it isn’t pretty. I have told y’all that I travel for a living; I settle into my hotel room for a week, and that is my “sanctuary.” There isn’t anything glamorous about travel for work. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday—”Henscratching”

May 22, 2007

Because Marcia and Jen wanted to see my “useless calendar” and my henscratching. Sorry I can’t seem to make it big enough for you to really read, but I’ll translate if you see something you want to know. Leave a comment, and you will magically be linked on the post (with “Google Juice”). Then, you [...]

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The Power of “Story”

May 22, 2007

On a recent school visit to share my stories, a teacher timidly approached me. “As soon as I saw you,” she said, “I knew you were the one. When I was a kid, a storyteller came to our school; I didn’t remember her name. I’ve always remembered the story she told about The Stingy Greedy [...]

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To: The Clan

May 21, 2007

I’m heading out to a school to try to paint some pictures with words. I’ll be regaling elementary school students with folk tales and fairy tales. There will be long breaks between sessions, and it will be difficult to keep up my energy for the full day (because I’m no spring chicken, anymore!). But, it [...]

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Link Love For “Emerging Influential Blogs”

May 20, 2007

I’ve talked to y’all many times about the importance of “link love.” When we link to the blogs that interest us, it helps them grow readership. The benefits come back to us as well, usually ten-fold. Right now there is a “contest” going on that fits right into that link love theme. Janette Toral’s Reflective [...]

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Group Project: Source Of Inspiration

May 19, 2007

I mentioned in my last post that Inspiration Bit has a writing project going called Group Project: Source Of Inspiration. This is my contribution. When I began my career as a professional storyteller, twenty-some-odd years ago, I had to first find stories for my repertoire. Most of my stories are old folk tales that I [...]

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Inspiration or The Lack Thereof and “MeMeMe” Memes

May 19, 2007

Inspiration Bit has a writing project going called Group Project: Source Of Inspiration. Vivienne asks these questions: What do you turn to when you feel mundane? How do you lift your spirits when the work stresses you out? How do you get inspired when you feel passionless? What motivates you to strive for perfection? She [...]

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Plumb Tuckered Out

May 18, 2007

It was a hard day of work out in The Real World. If you haven’t stopped in to visit before, I’m a “professional storyteller.” Yes, when I was young I got a whuppin’ for “telling stories,” and now people pay me to do that. I confess I told a different kind of story in those [...]

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Worm Whisperer

May 17, 2007

Some of y’all may have read that I save turtles from the road, and you thought I was soft-hearted. The truth of the matter is that I’m a little soft-headed. I’ll save durn near any critter if I can. Even the lowly earthworms. I would have made a good Buddhist, if they’d let me eat [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #10—Excuses

May 16, 2007

Y’all, you ain’t even gonna believe this, but today I was gonna create a really excellent Thursday Thirteen. I was thinking about a whole lot of grand ideas. But, instead I found: THIRTEEN EXCUSES WHY I DIDN’T MAKE THE ULTIMATE THURSDAY THIRTEEN: 1) I woke up to find these little critters ALL over my kitchen! [...]

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Wordless Wednesday—Going Topless

May 16, 2007

Made you look! Yes, that’s me circa 1956 for almost Wordless Wednesday. Visit other participants of Wordless Wednesday. Leave a comment and your name will magically appear on this post. You will also get “Google juice.”

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